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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Long Beach Poly Soccer

CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Wins Wild Road Comeback, Advances to Quarters

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of high school soccer is sponsored by Long Beach FC. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer team continued its run through the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs on Friday, as the Moore League champs came from behind on the road to […]

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Long Beach Poly Signing Day

Long Beach Poly Recognizes 21 Scholarship Student-Athletes on Signing Day

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly celebrated its February Signing Day with the school’s usual pomp and circumstances, honoring the 21 student-athletes who’ve signed college sports scholarships. As always the Jackrabbits had a big number which included three Harvard-bound athletes as well as those going to Cal, […]

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Basketball Compton Wilson

Basketball: Compton Takes Down Wilson

Mike Guardabascio

With the regular season winding down, The Compton boys basketball team is starting to catch its stride at just the right time. After a big win against Long Beach Poly on Monday, the Tarbabes took care of business at Wilson defeating the Bruins 76-51 Wednesday night. Compton (17-9, 7-3) was once again led by phenomenal […]