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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team under coach Carl Buggs is one of the great dynasties in Long Beach high school sports history. The Jackrabbits have won CIF State, CIF Southern Section, and Moore League titles in abundance, turned out several All-Americans and […]