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 Girls’ Water Polo Preview

Mike Guardabascio

Last year was the best girls’ water polo season in Long Beach history–can 2018-19 top it? Last season Wilson won the first CIF-SS championship in the sport in city history, while Long Beach Poly brought home a silver CIF-SS plaque. This year looks to feature more big games and memorable moments–the Moore League schedule begins […]

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CIF Football: Wilson Rolls To Semifinal Win, Headed To First Ever Championship Game

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Long Beach Wilson certainly has recorded a lot of history during its over 100 years of existence, and on Friday night the football team added to those […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of this week’s winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Julian Aguiar, Millikan Baseball The Long Beach State commit was outstanding for Millikan last week in an 11-1 win over Lakewood. Aguiar was throwing low-90s throughout the game as he held the Lancers to one run and struck out […]