Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Four Long Beach Poly Basketball Players Nominated For McDonald’s All-American Game

Mike Guardabascio

Four Long Beach Poly basketball players were nominated for the highest honor in high school basketball, the McDonald’s All-American Game. The nominations are an open process with certain statistical and academic requirements, and hundreds of players across the country were nominated, including Jackrabbits Peyton Watson, Kalaya Buggs, Lilly Buggs, and Simone Morris. “We’re proud of […]

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Basketball Cabrillo

CIF Boys’ Basketball: Cabrillo Flushes Royal, Advances to Second Round

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The Cabrillo boys’ basketball program is making success the standard, and they were at it again on Wednesday night in their CIF-SS Division 2A playoff opener. The Jags took care of business against the visiting Royal Highlanders, cruising to a 65-38 victory. Senior forward […]

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Basketball Jordan Lakewood

Boys’ Basketball: Lakewood Runs Away With Win at Jordan

Tyler Hendrickson

Just as fortune favors the bold, the tempo favored the visitors during Friday night’s boys’ basketball game between Lakewood and Jordan in North Long Beach. The visiting Lancers (2-2, 2-1) pushed the pace and outran the Panthers (0-4) in an 83-39 Moore League victory. “We just took care of business, that was it,” said Lakewood […]