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: Cabrillo Wins First Game In Two Years On Emotional Night

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The Cabrillo football team hadn’t won a game in 694 days, and hadn’t won a game in their home stadium in 1,072 days. The Jaguars took care of all of that Friday night, winning on an emotional evening against Lynwood. The 26-12 victory was the first of second-year Jags coach Shane Gonzales’ career with the […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs Cabrillo Football

Mike Guardabascio

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 and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. Serra Football

Mike Guardabascio

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.  You’d need a couple of PhDs in nutritional science to try and describe how bitter the taste was in Long Beach Poly’s mouth after their season-ending loss to Serra in last year’s […]