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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High school teams rarely completely “start over,” but this year’s St. Anthony team is coming close. The Saints have just two seniors on the team this year after graduating almost all their production from last season’s 18-7 Del Rey League championship squad. Those Saints made the Division 1 playoffs where they were ousted from the […]

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Lakewood shook off a slow start to win its CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff opener 10-3 over visiting Kennedy on Thursday. The Lancers (26-3) will host South Torrance on Tuesday in the second round. A pair of Lakewood defensive miscues in the first inning gave Kennedy a 2-0 lead until the Lancers exploded for […]

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Softball: Long Beach Poly Stuns Lakewood With Late Comeback

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The562’s high school softball coverage is sponsored by Playmakers. Visit LetsBePlaymakers.org for more information on their adaptive sports programs. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Moore League softball season took a meaningful turn on Thursday afternoon […]