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 Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The Bruins stayed undefeated in Moore League play as they took down the Rams in four sets, 23-25, 25-12, 25-12, 25-18.
Just six days after suffering a heartbreaking extra-inning loss on their home field, the Millikan Rams found themselves on the other side of an improbable comeback. Down to their final out against Wilson under the lights on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field Thursday night, the Rams were able to walk off with a 3-2 victory […]