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.org’s Athletes of the Week

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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Ariel Willard, Compton Flag Football Ariel Willard was crucial on both sides of the ball in Compton’s huge […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Eleven

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With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

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Four teams advanced in yesterday’s playoffs, and another 10 will take the field (or court (or pool)) tonight as they look to open the postseason with a win. Girls’ Basketball Division 1: Long Beach Poly vs Alemany, 7pm Division 2AA: Wilson at South Pasadena, 7pm Division 3A: Lakewood vs Bishop, 7pm Division 4AA: Jordan at […]