Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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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All-Moore League Baseball 2022

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The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr.

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Long Beach Poly Football Will Forfeit Game Over Denied Transfer

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In the latest update to the ongoing Long Beach and Southern California football transfer saga, the Long Beach Poly administration has confirmed that the Jackrabbits will forfeit a nonleague win over Tustin due to the use of an ineligible player. The Jackrabbits’ record now drops to 3-4 overall, and 3-0 in league with the forfeit. […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Five

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With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]