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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We are proud to announce that our first Athlete Of The Month award brought to you by Johnny B. Hair Care goes to Lakewood softball senior captain Jordan Kaeka. Kaeka is a Lakewood High legacy who helped her team regain the Moore League title this season. The shortstop hit .505 with a .540 on-base percentage, […]

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Basketball: Wilson Girls Beat Millikan, Sweep Rams This Year

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson girls’ basketball team beat Millikan last week, 37-25, to wrap up their first season sweep of Millikan in 15 years. The Bruins were […]

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COLUMN: Big History at Stake For Lakewood Football This Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Pride runs deep in Lakewood, where the city and its namesake high school have an incredible athletic history. Nationally elite in baseball for much of the last seven decades since the school was founded, Lakewood High has plenty of great history on the […]