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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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Three

Mike Guardabascio

With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]

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Cross Country: Jason Parra, Camille Lindsay Finish Season at CIF State Meet

Tyler Hendrickson

All of The562’s cross country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. Long Beach had a pair of runners competing at the CIF State Championships on Saturday, with Millikan’s Jason Parra and Poly’s Camille Lindsay running in their respective Division 1 races at Woodward Park in Fresno. […]

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Boys’ Basketball Roundup: Compton, Millikan Win

Mike Guardabascio

Compton def. Wilson 73-57 Compton (9-4, 2-0) didn’t have much trouble with Wilson as the Tarbabes continue to look like this year’s top challenger to Long Beach Poly for the Moore League throne. Compton will host the Jackrabbits Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. Jabari Steward helped pace Compton with 13 points. Millikan def. Jordan 56-25 […]