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 high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Millikan is looking toward their upperclassmen experience this year. Head coach Antoinette De La Espriella is only in her first official year as head coach for the girls’ team. De La Espriella is a familiar face on […]
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The Wilson girls’ water polo team is going for its third league championship in a row, and has only lost two since the Moore League added the girls’ game in the 2001-02 school year. The Bruins return some great players and have yet again added another talented freshman class with Olympic Development Program experience. “The […]
