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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly junior Ki’ele Ho-Ching received a major national honor on Thursday, as she was named one of the Top Performers from USA Softball’s U16 National Team Selection Event. Ho-Ching, ranked the No. 3 recruit in the junior class, recently committed to the […]

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Long Beach State Women Stifle Santa Clara, Remain Undefeated

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The Long Beach Beach State women’s basketball team has been hanging its hat on defense since head coach Jeff Cammon took over the program. This year, that defense has been wreaking absolute havoc on opponents as the Beach have gotten off to an undefeated 4-0 start, with every game decided by at least 16 points. […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs Leuzinger Football

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