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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NUMBER ONE It’s hard to imagine a Long Beach high school football season to go better than it did at the end of 2021 when Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton and St. Anthony all reached CIF championship games. Poly was moved down to Division 4 but its 20th CIF football championship didn’t mean any less […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan, Baseball

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. 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 […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Offense Flat In Loss To Los Alamitos

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DeSean Jackson was on the sideline for Long Beach Poly’s football game against Los Alamitos on Friday night, but unfortunately for the Jackrabbits he was in street clothes. It’s been 14 years since Jackson was Mr. Do Everything in the 2004 CIF championship game against the Griffins, and they sure could have used him on […]