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 coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The proclaimed “Sons of Oahu” showed why they’re one of the best teams on either end of the Pacific Ocean on Friday afternoon in Honolulu, as Punahou wore down the visiting Millikan Rams, racking up over 500 yards of offense […]