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.
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
High School Basketball: Compton vs. Wilson The Compton girls’ basketball team made history with a playoff-clinching win over Wilson in a fourth-place tiebreaker.
The Millikan Rams boys’ wrestling team will try to complete a special season this Saturday, as the Rams host South Torrance in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship match at 1 p.m. It’s the second CIF-SS title tilt to happen at Ram Hi in as many weeks, with the Millikan boys’ tennis team winning […]
