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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The Millikan Rams are hitting the road for their season opener on Friday night, lining up for an exciting showdown with the Newbury Park Panthers. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Newbury Park High, a 67-mile drive Northwest from […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. When the 2023-24 Moore League boys’ soccer schedule was released last year Millikan had this week circled. Games against Wilson, Lakewood and Cabrillo in a five day span would be imperative in repeating as league champions. It couldn’t have gone much […]
Coach Mark Ziegenhagen’s Wilson football team is 8-1, and has a very good chance to win the first CIF Southern Section championship on the gridiron in the school’s 93-year history. But it was last week, during the Bruins’ bye, that Ziegenhagen and his family celebrated their biggest victory of the season, regardless of what happens […]
