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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Boys’ Soccer: Long Beach Poly, Millikan Play To Scoreless Draw

JJ Fiddler

Both Long Beach Poly and Millikan boys’ soccer desperately needed a win on Friday, but neither of them got what they wanted in a scoreless draw. The Jackrabbits and Rams missed an opportunity to get closer to first-place Wilson in the standings with a week left in the regular season. “That felt like a loss […]

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PHOTOS: Millikan vs. Lakewood, Softball

Joseph Kling

The562’s high school softball coverage for the 2023 season is sponsored by Long Beach City Councilwoman Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.

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Girls’ Water Polo: CIF-SS Playoff Brackets Announced

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The 2023 CIF-SS girls’ water polo brackets were released on Saturday morning, and as expected the Moore League has a number of teams in position to make deep playoff runs over the next two weeks. Five teams from the Moore […]