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.
A three-run rally in the sixth inning put Wilson in a position to knock off the defending Moore League softball champions on Monday, but Millikan had some late-game magic of its own. The Rams scored a run in the seventh inning to tie it, then walked it off in the eighth inning on a game-winning […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Millikan was unable to keep their run going in the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs on Wednesday, falling in their third round matchup to El Dorado 20-25, 25-20, 14-25, 21-25. “Our girls didn’t perform our best tonight, but […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. In a low-scoring game mistakes are amplified and every possession counts. That was no different Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium as Long Beach City College found themselves in a defensive slugfest against Bakersfield in a must-win game. After a furious two-minute […]
