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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.
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Evans. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. For years, Long Beach Polytechnic High School’s graduation ceremony has been held at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Long Beach City College. This year, Vets hosted the […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. It only took four minutes of game time for Millikan’s special teams to give the Rams a two-score lead they would not relinquish in a 48-34 home opening win over Cathedral on Friday night. Millikan’s Ryan Pellum took the opening kickoff […]
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