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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The CIF Southern Section boys’ basketball playoffs begin this week, and brackets were released on Sunday afternoon. Here’s where the local teams will be playing–come back tonight for analysis. CIF Boys’ Basketball Playoffs Division 1: Long Beach Poly BYE (plays 2/12) D1: St. Anthony vs. Alemany (Fri) D2A: Compton vs. Lynwood (Fri) D2A: Wilson @ […]

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It was a memorable basketball season in Long Beach last year, and this season looks to be even better. Jordan unseated Poly atop the Moore League and broke their league title streak, and the Jackrabbits will be back in the hunt this year looking for revenge. St. Anthony arrived ahead of schedule last year and […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs Lakewood Football

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The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.