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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LIVE UPDATES: Millikan vs Cathedral Football, Lakewood vs San Dimas

Mike Guardabascio

Refresh the page to see the latest scores and video updates! We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football games between Millikan and Cathedral, and Lakewood and San Dimas, both starting at 7 p.m. Click here for our previews of tonight’s games. Click here if you can’t see the updates

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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Season Ends In Serra Heartbreaker

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly’s championship football season came to an end in a predictably thrilling nailbiter against Serra on Saturday night in Gardena. The Jackrabbits scored a go-ahead touchdown for their first lead of the game with just over three minutes remaining, but Serra struck back with a 75-yard touchdown with 2:54 left in the game. […]

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Flag Football Preview: Long Beach Jordan Panthers

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The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. The Long Beach Jordan flag football team will be one of the youngest teams in the Moore League this season, and the Panthers are embracing that as their advantage. With fresh faces and lots of energy, they are aiming to elevate the […]