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.
The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation
The562’s coverage of track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial As expected, there will be a strong Long Beach contingent in Clovis this weekend for the CIF State Track & Field championships. A whopping 32 entries will compete in Friday’s prelims, hoping to advance to Saturday’s Finals, with individual and team glory at stake. […]
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