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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All-Moore League Girls’ Water Polo 2022-23

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The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Here are the All-Moore League selections from a highly successful girls’ water polo season.

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Cross Country Teams Ready For CIF-SS Prelims

Mike Guardabascio

Nine Long Beach cross country teams are readying for the CIF Southern Section cross country prelims on Friday at the Riverside City Cross Country Course. Parking will be $10 a car and general admission tickets will be $10; tickets are $5 for students with ID and children under 13. Three Moore League girls’ teams will […]

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Column: Last Chance U Showcases Local Characters

Mike Guardabascio

Elijah Bates, the editor at the college paper JJ and I worked at, used to say that life was like a story and the people we met were like characters. As writers, we should look for the most interesting characters to write about the same way a novelist would populate a book with characters people […]