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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Long Beach Poly Tennis

CIF Boys’ Tennis: Long Beach Poly Advances To Second Round

JJ Fiddler

Long Beach Poly boys’ tennis opened the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs with a 13-5 win over Torrance on Wednesday. Junior Arkin Verma was the only player to sweep his singles match. The doubles teams of sophomores Kim Phy/Ryan Nguyen and freshman Franco Fratovich/Carlo Reyes also swept. The Jackrabbits travel to San Juan Hills […]

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Water Polo Wilson

CIF Boys’ Water Polo: Fast Start Carries Wilson Through Quarterfinals

JJ Fiddler

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. There was something very familiar about the way Wilson boys’ water polo approached the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals on Saturday at Palos Verdes. The Bruins made their name and won CIF championships by being the […]

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Football St. Anthony

Football: St. Anthony Parts Ways With Mario Morales

Mike Guardabascio

St. Anthony is parting ways with its most successful football coach in half a century, as the school didn’t renew its contract with head coach Mario Morales. “I was called in for a meeting today at noon, it took about a minute and they said they’re going in another direction,” said Morales. “It’s been great, […]