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 Track & Field Stars Shine at Moore League Finals

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. It was cold, cloudy and windy at Long Beach Poly for this year’s Moore League track and field finals but the city’s Spring stars still shone brightly with multiple CIF-SS qualifiers in almost every event. […]

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Top Moments #6: Wilson Girls’ Track & Field Makes History

Mike Guardabascio

It was a great year for Wilson girls’ runners, as both the Bruins girls’ cross country team and the girls’ track and field team won Moore League championships this year. Per Moore League records it was the cross country team’s first league title since 2004 and the track team’s first league title since 2008. Both […]

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Long Beach Poly to Rename Track After Legendary Coach Don Norford

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Photo by Stephen Carr Long Beach Poly and the Long Beach Unified School District are renaming the school’s track for the most successful high school coach in United States history. Poly will officially rename the school’s track and field facility as the Don Norford […]