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 Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is […]
Today is the last day of league action before the holiday break after two weeks of Moore League boys’ soccer action that has already proved that this is a season of change. Millikan has won 10 of the last 11 league titles, but the fifth-place Rams would miss the CIF Southern Section playoffs if they […]
Most athletes spend their entire lives striving for greatness, but Samarra Monrroy isn’t most athletes. After only a few months of running for the Millikan track and field program, the diminutive freshman finished second in the 400 meter at the CIF State Finals on Saturday. “I’m pretty surprised because it’s her first year running track,” […]
