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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Boys’ Volleyball: Lakewood Clinches Share Of Title

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The Lakewood volleyball team got a wakeup call from Wilson last week—consider the Lancers wide awake. Lakewood clinched a share of the Moore League title on Thursday afternoon with a quick sweep of Long Beach Poly on the Jackrabbits’ Senior Day, winning 25-19, 25-14, 25-12. Lakewood coach Devon Taylor’s group is one match up on […]

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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Jordan Drops Quarterfinal to St. Monica Prep

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The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. For the second year in a row, the Jordan Panthers made a postseason run to the CIF-SS quarterfinals. This time, they were in Division 3A, jumping up in competition from the year prior. Unfortunately for J-Town, that’s where their playoff journey ended, […]

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PHOTOS: Wilson vs. Bell Gardens CIF Basketball

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We’ve got some great shots of the Bruins’ win over Bell Gardens from photographer Stephen Dachman.