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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LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly at Lakewood, Millikan at Wilson, Compton at Cabrillo, Playoff Envelope Draw

Mike Guardabascio

We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football games with Long Beach Poly at Lakewood, Millikan at Wilson, Compton at Cabrillo, and we’ll also have lie updates from the postgame tiebreaker Envelope Draw if necessary. CLICK HERE for our previews of the games. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support […]

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Baseball: Millikan Shuts Out Jordan For League Win

Matt Simon

The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. Looking to repeat as Moore League champions, the Millikan baseball team continued their hot start to league play on Wednesday afternoon in a 10-0 mercy-rule […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Laura Williams, Lakewood Volleyball Lakewood senior and Oregon State commit Laura Williams helped lead the Lancers to their first Moore League title since 2017 in a sweep of Wilson last week. Williams put up nine […]