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. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. In one of the best Moore League football games in recent memory, Millikan outlasted Jordan in a wild last-second thriller. There were four lead changes in the last five […]
St. Anthony is desperately seeking a win on the road tonight at St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy in Downey. The Saints (1-3) have battled some tough local opponents and St. Pius might be their best chance at another nonleague win. St. Pius (2-0) is a small program in its third year of existence with only […]
There were a lot of positives to take from Cabrillo’s first home football game since 2019, but unfortunately for the Jaguars the final score wasn’t one of those things as visiting Jefferson led wire-to-wire in a 50-20 victory. Cabrillo had a handful of standout individual performances and the Jaguars showed impressive cohesiveness on and off […]