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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The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. Here’s where things stand after four weeks of high school football season in Long Beach.

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. A slow start and key injuries derailed the Lakewood boy’s basketball season last year, so the Lancers are ready to shake things up with some new faces in a unique rotation in 2023-24. “We’re small, pretty athletic, and we’re going to have about […]

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Hamilton Survives Tincher Comeback To Win All-City Division 3 Championship

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