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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The storied Long Beach Poly football program is set to make history as […]

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Raul Lara’s last game as the Warren coach was a 21-7 second-round loss on Nov. 9, 2018. The opponent: Northview. St. Anthony (9-4) and Lara will face Northview (7-6) in the CIF Southern Section Division 10 Championship tonight at Covina District Field. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. “They were different then […]