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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Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Wins First-Place Clash With Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

It was a battle of the two best teams in the Moore League, a pair of 5-0 boys’ basketball squads, as well as a meeting of the league’s two top scorers in Long Beach Poly’s Peyton Watson and Millikan’s Rob Diaz. In the end, it was Poly’s complete team effort and late-game execution that provided […]

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Millikan Softball

LIVE UPDATES: Millikan vs. Glendora, CIF Softball

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The562’s high school softball coverage for the 2023 season is sponsored by Long Beach City Councilwoman Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Refresh the page to see the latest score updates! Millikan Softball opens its 2023 CIF playoffs with a home game against Glendora […]

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COVID-19 Football

Club Football: Coaches, Parents, Players Speak Out on Why They’re Playing

Mike Guardabascio

Story by Mike Guardabascio & Tyler Hendrickson With officially sanctioned high school football in California still in limbo at the dawn of 2021–and looking increasingly unlikely for this school year–two club operations have sprung up that have provided an alternative for players looking to get on the field. The Maximum Potential Elite 10 in Bullhead, […]