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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. This time when Lakewood and Millikan meet Friday night for the annual Battle of the Blueprint rivalry football game, first place in the Moore League will be on the […]

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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 some athletes, injuries can create massive setbacks and harder comebacks. Some injuries can even end lifelong careers. But for Sierra Sythe, injuries made her stronger, sharper and better than before. After suffering an ACL tear during […]