Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Baseball: Millikan Dominates Lakewood In Statement Game

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Millikan’s quest to become the first Rams baseball team in school history to win a fourth consecutive Moore League championship is off to a great start. Millikan dominated league rival Lakewood on Wednesday in a statement game, 11-1. It’s the largest margin of victory for a Moore League team over the Lancers in at least […]

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Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 5 Lakewood’s Historic CIF Runs

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood boys’ soccer and girls’ basketball teams made school history with deep CIF playoffs runs, but that success didn’t just start this year. Both programs have dedicated coaches who prioritized effort. That helped develop strong groups of upperclassmen who used their […]

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Volleyball: Wilson Boys Claim Moore League Title With Millikan Sweep

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer For the third […]