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’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team has bounced around in different playoff divisions the last few years, but the Jackrabbits felt they were a top-tier team this year, and they proved they belong in Division 1 on Wednesday night in their playoff opener against […]

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PREVIEW: Lakewood vs. Millikan, Football

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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 Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Hamilton Trophy will […]

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Wilson Boys’ Volleyball Wins Historic CIF-SS Title!

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Just a few months ago, nobody in the Wilson boys’ volleyball program had any answers. They didn’t know if there was going to be a season, they didn’t know if their school was going to open to students this year, and they certainly had no idea whether or not there would be any CIF Southern […]