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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COLUMN: Long Beach Poly Defense Looking Legit Through Two Weeks

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Fans and longtime coaches alike had to agree after Long Beach Poly’s 26-3 stunner over Narbonne: there was something decidedly old-school about that Jackrabbit defense. Poly was supposed to lose the game with the Gauchos, and probably handily. Narbonne was ranked No. 12 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and the CalPreps.com game simulation had […]

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Cross Country Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wilson

Girls’ Cross Country: Lindsay Sets Course Record, Poly Wins Team Race

Mike Guardabascio

All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. The Long Beach Poly girls’ cross country team had an impressive showing at Signal Hill, as junior Camille Lindsay set a new course record with her individual win (18:42) and the Jackrabbit girls won their second […]

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Basketball Long Beach State Photos

PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. UC Davis, NCAA Basketball

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Great photos by our own Joseph Kling from the Long Beach State men’s basketball comeback win over UC Davis on Saturday.