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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Intimidation and momentum are competitive intangibles, and Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer has both in its corner headed into the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week — thanks to Aniah Cutler. Cutler scored a hat trick at Wilson late last month, including a last-minute game winner, to knock the Bruins out of first place in […]

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Two Long Beach Girls’ Basketball Players Named All-CIF

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Two Long Beach basketball players were named to the All-CIF list, as released by the CIF Southern Section Monday. Division 1: Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Division 2AA: Emily Newkirk, Millikan Here’s the complete list of honorees: 2018-19 ALL CIF GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Long Beach Poly Prepares For Girls’ Flag Football Season, CIF-SS Adds Sport For 2023-24

Mike Guardabascio

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 the JuJu Foundation. The storied Long Beach Poly football program is set to make history as […]