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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Football: Jordan Improves To 3-0 With Win Over Norwalk

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The band is playing a little louder in North Long Beach tonight after Jordan won its home opener against Norwalk, 20-13. The victory puts Jordan’s record at 3-0 for the first time since 2008, when John Timu was the Moore League Player of the Year. Jordan will enter next week’s Moore League opener against Millikan […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Northwood, CIF Flag Football

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The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.

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Flag Football: Five Long Beach Schools Prepare for Inaugural CIF Playoffs

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The first ever CIF-SS flag football brackets were released on Saturday morning, and the draw was kind to Long Beach’s playoff teams. With four playoff teams coming out of the Moore League–along with St. Anthony–Long Beach has a rooting interest in four of […]