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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All photos courtesy of Ki’ele Ho-Ching, via USA Softball. Long Beach Poly softball star Ki’ele Ho-Ching won a gold medal last week with the USA Women’s U-18 Softball Team at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup in Oklahoma City. Ho-Ching drove in a run in the gold medal game with a single during Team USA’s […]

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Long Beach Wilson girls’ lacrosse team knows what it takes to win the Moore League title.  The Bruins continued to prove that on Wednesday as they […]