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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The high school sports scene has burst back into life in Long Beach in fits and starts, with cross country meets and water polo games paving the way for Friday Nights Lights at the end of this week. The dual cross country meet between Long Beach Poly and Millikan on Wednesday afternoon on Poly’s campus […]

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PREVIEW: Lakewood Girls’ Soccer

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Lakewood is coming off of a breakout season under first-year coach Luis Turcios, who said he has higher expectations for his more experienced squad. The Lancers finished third and beat Long Beach Poly for the first time in over a decade. “Last year we made a jump so I think it’s about keeping the momentum […]

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CIF Track: St. Anthony Continues Historic Season

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial  The St. Anthony boys’ track and field team continued its historic season Saturday at Moorpark in the CIF-SS Division 4 Track and Field Finals. The Saints had already set the school record in the 4×100 this year, and the quartet of Jonathan Ferguson, Alexander Cobbs, […]