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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Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Survives Overtime With Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team hasn’t lost a Moore League contest in 14 years, when Millikan defeated them in the Ron Palmer Pavilion in a thriller. History almost repeated itself on Saturday morning in the RPP, as a game Rams squad pushed the Jackrabbits to the limit on their home court. Thanks to […]

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Long Beach Poly Obituary

OBITUARY: Willie Brown Had Special Career, Impact In Long Beach

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly fans lost a special member of their community last week, and the city lost one of its greatest ever athletes. Poly alum and 1959 CIF Football Player of the Year Willie Brown passed away due to complications from cancer at the age of 76. Brown is survived by his wife, Carole, son, […]

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Long Beach Poly Soccer

CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Wins Penalty Kick Thriller With Hesperia

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. 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. […]