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 coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. For anyone that doubted the Compton flag football team after their big win at Long Beach Poly last week, there’s no room for doubt any longer. C-High is legit; and after a thrilling 26-18 comeback win over Millikan […]

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Moore League Boys’ Water Polo: Wilson, Millikan, Cabrillo All Win

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The Bruins, Rams and Jaguars all picked up wins on the second full day of Moore League boys’ water polo action. WILSON 22, LAKEWOOD 1 The Bruins (6-9, 2-0) got five goals from senior captain Max Berg at Lakewood (1-14, 0-2) on Thursday. SEE PHOTO GALLERY MILLIKAN 16, LONG BEACH POLY 9 The Rams (9-6, […]