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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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

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Thursday was a tough start to the baseball and softball playoffs. The Lakewood baseball team picked up the lone win of the day and the St. Anthony and Compton baseball teams lost while the Lakewood and Long Beach Poly softball teams dropped their playoff openers. Today we’ve got another full slate of games as local […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. Compton, Football

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Long Beach’s oldest sports tradition will take place on Friday night as Long Beach Poly hosts Compton for its homecoming game. The Jackrabbits have been welcoming alumni for homecoming games since their first one in 1908, the inaugural season for the team (the school opened in 1895). It will also be the most significant meeting […]

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FEATURE: Millikan’s Riley Tuggle Is Not Your Typical Linebacker, Teammate Or Brother

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The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The history of football is full of intimidating linebackers who went about their business with a […]