Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 Poly Boys’ Soccer Repeats As Moore League Champions

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A few weeks ago it looked like defending Moore League boys’ soccer champions Long Beach Poly needed a few wins just to stay in the playoff hunt. However, a reigniting of their fiery passion and some upsets around the league helped the Jackrabbits lift the trophy again on Thursday at Wilson High with a 1-0 […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Blanks Jordan In Shortened Game

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly and Jordan took the field in North Long Beach on Friday night and managed to get in 14 minutes and change before the players were sent off the field due to lightning strikes in the area, one of which struck less than a mile from campus according to a campus adminsitrator’s iPhone […]

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CIF Water Polo: Long Beach Poly Tops Don Lugo In Historic Playoff Win

Mike Guardabascio

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo coach Ish Pluton is dealing with a set of problems no person in his position has had to deal with for three quarters of a century. How much celebrating is too […]