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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We’ve got coverage from all of this week’s football games. Long Beach Poly 42, Wilson 24 STORY / VIDEO / PHOTOS / MORE PHOTOS Lakewood 26, Millikan 20 STORY / VIDEO / PHOTOS Jordan 20, Compton 13 STORY St. Anthony 36, Harvard-Westlake 20 STORY Preview of Saturday’s LBCC Cerritos football game

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Girls’ Basketball Preview: Compton Tarbabes

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Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The Compton girls’ basketball team made history last season under head coach Derrick Anderson, not only making the playoffs as the fourth-place team out of the Moore League, but winning a first-round game at home to advance to the second round for the first time in decades. The truth is, […]

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PREVIEW: Wilson at Dana Hills, Football

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson has a chance to pick up its first win of the year tonight at Dana Hills where kickoff is scheduled for 7. The Bruins (0-1) struggled to move the ball last week in a loss at Redondo Union where they […]