Mike Guardabascio
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.
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The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. More than 110 Long Beach entries will compete in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section prelims, the vast majority of them in the Trabuco Hills Division 1 prelims which will begin at 11am. The top nine qualifiers […]

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Millikan Rams Boys’ Track & Field Preview

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The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. In a lot of ways, the Millikan track program is getting a fresh start in 2024. There’s a new head coach […]

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Long Beach State Trio Competes in NCAA Track Finals

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Photo courtesy John Fajardo/LBSU athletics The final Long Beach school sports action of the 2024-25 year took place last weekend in Eugene, Oregon as a trio of Long Beach State track and field athletes competing in the NCAA Division 1 Championships at the University of Oregon. Tristyn Flores qualified in the 100 and 200, a […]