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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All-City Boys’ Coach of the Year: Sharaud Moore, Jordan Track & Field

Tyler Hendrickson

The 2022 boys’ track and field season will live forever at Jordan High School, and it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Sharaud Moore guiding the Panthers to those heights.  During the regular season, Jordan defeated Poly in their head-to-head dual meet, helping them earn a three-way share of the Moore League title. That was […]

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PHOTOS: Wilson vs Compton Football

Stephen Dachman

The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.

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High School Football Preview: Cabrillo vs. Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

On the surface of tonight’s game between Cabrillo (2-6, 1-3) and Millikan (2-6, 1-3) there’s not much at stake. Both teams have been essentially eliminated from playoff contention, so the game is basically for bragging rights. But bragging rights isn’t nothing–given that the teams have identical overall and league records, there’s quite a bit on […]