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.
Midway through the Moore League girls’ soccer season, two-time defending league champion Millikan was struggling. Head coach Tino Nunez’s squad had a lopsided loss to Wilson and a draw with Poly to show for their troubles, and the Rams were floundering. “We weren’t playing as a team,” said Nunez. “We preach team, but we weren’t […]
The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Photo by Janet Steele Christian Verdugo knows better than anyone the interplay between sports and culture. Verdugo, who grew up in Long Beach and is a Cabrillo High School alum, was raised by parents from Mexico. He began playing basketball in 2nd grade and was […]
