An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. A special career featured a historic finish for Millikan’s Jason Parra, who must be considered one of the best distance […]
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Jordan boys’ basketball coach Chris Francis got exactly what he wished for on Thursday night. After an emotional CIF Southern Section championship win on Saturday, his Panthers are looking to take a state title–to do so, the scrappy Jordan kids will have […]
