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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Girls Basketball
Basketball Compton Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan

CIF Girls’ Basketball Playoff Brackets Released

Mike Guardabascio

The CIF Southern Section girls’ basketball playoffs begin this week, and brackets were released on Sunday afternoon. Here’s where the local teams will be playing–come back tonight for analysis. CIF Girls’ Basketball Playoffs Division 1: Long Beach Poly BYE (plays Sat) D2AA: Millikan vs Norco (Thurs) D2A: Lakewood @ El Rancho (Thurs) D4AA: Compton @ […]

DSC 0213a
Football St. Anthony

Football: St. Anthony’s First Win Is Wild One

Mike Guardabascio

St. Anthony football coach Mario Morales was prepared for his team to get its first win any way that it could–and it ended up being one of the crazier finishes imaginable, with St. Anthony prevailing 31-28 over Gahr. The Saints (1-3) were trailing 28-23 with the ball and a little over three minutes on the […]

Allin.press 18
Cabrillo Football Long Beach Poly Photos

PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly Vs. Cabrillo, Football

John Napalan, All-In Press

The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family.