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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Wilson girls’ basketball coach Erin Carey announced that she is stepping down at the end of the school year next week, in what will amount to the loss of one of the city’s bright young coaching stars. Carey has coached the Bruins for five years, taking a 9-18 team and turning them into a CIF […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. A scheduling quirk left Wilson football without a game in the last week of the regular season because of its Moore League bye, but the Bruins will be in action anyways. Coach Scott Meyer wanted to keep his team active before […]