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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CIF Volleyball: Wilson, Poly Sweep Into Quarterfinals

Mike Guardabascio

It was another great showing for Moore League boys’ volleyball on Thursday evening, as league champion Wilson and second-seeded Long Beach Poly both swept their second-round CIF-SS Division 3 opponents. The Bruins and Jackrabbits will both travel for road matches in the quarterfinals on Wednesday next week, and would both host semifinals on Saturday should […]

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CIF Baseball: Long Beach Poly Wins Wild Playoff Game Over Beckman

Tyler Hendrickson

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. It could’ve all been so simple, but that’s not how this Long Beach […]

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Long Beach Basketball Roundup

Mike Guardabascio

Boys Basketball Wilson def. Lakewood 73-63 Click here for our article, click here for our video. Windward def. Long Beach Poly 65-57 The Jackrabbits fell in the semifinal of the Bosco Basketball Classic despite 14 points from Malik Salahuddin and 13 points from Justin Rene. Poly will face Bosco in the third-place game on Saturday […]