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 Millikan Volleyball

Girls’ Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Wins Turbulent Five-Setter At Millikan

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. Based on the CIF-SS girls’ volleyball rankings released on Tuesday, the matchup between Long Beach Poly and Millikan could very well be a postseason preview in Division 2. If that’s the case, we’re gonna need a bigger gym. […]

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Long Beach Poly Track & Field

CIF Track: Long Beach Poly Wins Historic Double Title

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. It had been 20 years since a team had doubled at the CIF-SS Track & Field Finals, but Long Beach Poly knew they had a good shot at it this year. Every point ended up […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

Hometown Hero JuJu Smith-Schuster Extends Long Beach Poly’s Deep Super Bowl History

Mike Guardabascio

Mike Guardabascio In August of 2010, longtime Long Beach Poly football coach Raul Lara said he thought he had a special freshman player who’d come into his program. “His name is John Smith,” said Lara. “He’s gonna be special. He might be one of those really special kids to come out of here.” Any intelligent […]