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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Football Long Beach City College

JuCo Football: Long Beach City Can’t Overcome Miscues In Loss To Southwestern

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The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. The Long Beach City College football team’s search for their first win will have to wait after they couldn’t overcome three turnovers in a 38-7 loss to Southwestern Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium. “That’s honestly the killer,” Cooper said. “We […]

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Football Millikan

Millikan Rams Football Preview

Tyler Hendrickson

Expectations are high at Millikan, where an exciting crop of talent is set to adorn the new playing surface at DeHaven Stadium this season. The Rams were a second-place team in 2018, but stumbled last season with a 2-4 record in Moore League play.  Now in year two of the Romeo Pellum era, the Rams […]

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Football Jordan

Playoff Preview: Jordan Football

Mike Guardabascio

Jordan football coach Tim Wedlow knew his team still had a good chance at the CIF Southern Section playoffs, even after losing the envelope draw tiebreaker for third place and the Moore League’s final playoff spot. The Panthers were always a strong candidate for an at-large berth, because of their .500 record. But even with […]