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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The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Cabrillo took over the top spot in Moore League boys’ soccer with a 3-1 victory at Wilson on […]

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Girls’ Soccer: Millikan Closes In On History With Wilson Win

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Midway through the Moore League girls’ soccer season, two-time defending league champion Millikan was struggling. Head coach Tino Nunez’s squad had a lopsided loss to Wilson and a draw with Poly to show for their troubles, and the Rams were floundering.  “We weren’t playing as a team,” said Nunez. “We preach team, but we weren’t […]

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Football: Millikan Draws Saugus in CIF-SS Division 4 Playoffs

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The Millikan Rams (4-6) are back in the playoffs and back on the road next Friday. The Moore League’s No. 2 seed will travel to play the Saugus Centurions (8-2) at 7 p.m. in the first round of the CIF-SS […]