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 Poly went into the season believing that their offensive line was the best unit on the team, with confidence they’d be able to run the ball and assert themselves whenever they wanted to. The rushing attack and pass protection was uneven against powerhouse opponents like Punahou and Serra, but by and large the […]

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LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly Football at Konawaena

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Refresh the page to see the latest updates! We’re in Hawaii for the first high school football game of the year as Poly visits defending islands state champion Konawaena at 9pm Long Beach time! Click here for our preview. CLICK HERE if you can’t […]

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STORY: LBCC Dominates Santa Barbara For First Win

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The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. Something had to give on Saturday night as Long Beach City College traveled to take on Santa Barbara.  Both teams were searching for their first win of the season and behind the arm of sophomore Allen Fernett the Vikings put together […]