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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Boys’ Basketball With three days of games left (Friday, next Tuesday and Thursday) it’s all but certain that Long Beach Poly will be the league champion–at 9-0, they’d need to lose all three games to end up tied with Compton. Below them, Compton and Millikan are in second and third with Wilson and Lakewood in […]

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Boys’ Water Polo: Wilson, Long Beach Poly Win At Moore League Showcase

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The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Once again the boys’ water polo teams of Long Beach gathered on Wednesday at Cabrillo High for the Moore League showcase. Wilson beat Lakewood in the first game, Long Beach Poly fended off Millikan for a victory in the […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly Signing Day, Intern Highlight

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562 Internship program is funded by the LBUSD and donations from the Hoy family, the JuJu Foundation, David Cooper, Robert Booth, and Elgato.