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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Long Beach Poly Millikan Soccer

Girls’ Soccer: Big Second Half Lifts Millikan Over Long Beach Poly

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Usually when a high school soccer team plays a dominant second half it comes after some sort of rousing halftime speech or a massive shift in strategy. That wasn’t the case on Tuesday night at Millikan where the Rams hosted Long Beach Poly in Moore League girls’ soccer action. Millikan coach Tino Nunez said the […]

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Century Club Announces Hall of Fame Class, Athlete of the Year in Banquet Return

Mike Guardabascio

There was no Century Club Sports Night Banquet in 2021 due to COVID-19, the first time the city’s premier sports event has been missing from the calendar since it was founded in 1957. The event returns triumphantly for its 65th incarnation on Jan. 31, 2022 with a star-studded Hall of Fame class. The Century Club […]

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Flag Football: Aaya McLyn’s Historic Performance Leads Long Beach Poly Past Lakewood

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Before this sentence is finished, I’m worried Aaya McLyn might intercept it. The Long Beach Poly senior made Moore League history on Wednesday evening, intercepting seven passes on defense–and adding three touchdowns on […]