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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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jabari Steward, Compton Basketball Compton’s Jabari Steward helped lead his team to its first win over Long Beach Poly in a few years on Monday, handing the Jackrabbits their first Moore League loss of the season. Compton […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Six

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. 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 We’re entering the third year of the new CIF-SS playoff format, and Long Beach teams made five CIF-SS […]

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Long Beach Grabs Fifty-Plus Entries Into CIF-SS Track & Field Finals

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. The city of Long Beach and the Moore League will be thoroughly represented at next weekend’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals, which will take place at Moorpark High on Saturday May 11. Fifty […]