An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. When you’ve got an ace on the mound and can make plays behind him, good things tend to happen. That’s been the formula for the Millikan Rams, who’ve been grinding out close games so far in the CIF-SS […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. A scheduling quirk left Wilson football without a game in the last week of the regular season because of its Moore League bye, but the Bruins will be in action anyways. Coach Scott Meyer wanted to keep his team active before […]
