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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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Emi Sverduk, Wilson Golf For the first time in Moore League history, a freshman won the individual league title.Sverduk birdied the last hole of the shortened final round to become the sixth consecutive Bruin to take the […]

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and […]

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Last year’s Long Beach girls’ basketball season was full of many historic moments. Long Beach Poly won a Moore League-record 17th consecutive league championship. Jordan made the playoffs for the first time since 2015. They made a deep run, reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in over a decade. This year, more history is […]