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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Lakewood High hosted the CIF Southern Section Division 3 team dual competition on Saturday, and our own Joseph Kling got great action shots of Millikan, Poly and Lakewood. The Rams and Jackrabbits both picked up wins before being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Millikan defeated Downey 4-1 yesterday in the CIF-SS Division 2 beach volleyball playoff openers. The Rams advance to Thursday’s second round, where they’ll travel to Bishop Montgomery. Wilson will host Dos Pueblos Thursday at 2pm at LBCC […]