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 Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. It was a game the Millikan Rams knew how to lose, but found a way to win. Millikan has suffered some painfully close losses the past few seasons, including the only blemish on this year’s record. But on Saturday night in […]
LA Valley football coach Matt White had plenty to say about LBCC on Twitter before the season started, stoking excitement about the Monarchs’ visit to Veterans Memorial Stadium. As it turned out, the Vikings were the ones doing all the talking on the scoreboard as they easily beat LA Valley, 54-24. LBCC coach Brett Peabody […]
Here are how the local high school boys’ water polo teams stand this week. Currently, Long Beach Poly is ranked No. 9 in Division 2 and Cabrillo is ranked No. 3 in Division 5. STANDINGS Cabrillo 5-0 Long Beach Poly 11-5 Wilson 6-7 Millikan (no record reported) Lakewood (no record reported) Jordan (no record reported) […]