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.
The premier Moore League girls’ soccer rivalry is back after a thrilling game on Tuesday night, and now Poly is alone atop the standings. Long Beach Poly 3, Wilson 2 The Jackrabbits scored twice in the final eight minutes to comeback and beat the Bruins on the road. Poly junior Ania Cutler headed home the […]
Words by JJ Fiddler, Mike Guardabascio, Tyler Hendrickson; photo by John Napalan It might feel like it’s a little early for high school football season to be starting–and it is. But Long Beach Poly was so excited to get the year started that they’re kicking it off a week before anyone else in the state, […]
The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. We’re entering the third year of the new CIF-SS playoff format, and Long Beach teams made five CIF-SS championship appearances over the last two years under the competitive equity system. Clearly it’s been a big benefit to local schools with several teams making […]
