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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CIF Baseball: Millikan Falls to Palos Verdes in Quarterfinals

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Millikan’s formula for road playoff success has been to score in the first inning and then play error-free baseball. That proved to be a winning formula once again in the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals, but unfortunately for Rams fans, it worked for the wrong team. The Rams went into a tough road environment at Palos […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Solomon Jones, Long Beach Poly Basketball Poly star Peyton Watson averaged close to 25 points per game last week in three critical wins over Lakewood, Wilson, and Millikan. But it was big man Solomon Jones who stepped up in […]

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CIF Volleyball: Wilson Sweeps Past Citrus Valley Into Quarterfinals

Mike Guardabascio

STORY BY MATT SIMON Heading into Wilson’s second round match against Citrus Valley junior Risa Sena and the Bruins were confident that they could outplay the Blackhawks. Sena proved that has she led Wilson with 12 kills as the Bruins swept Citrus Valley 25-18, 25-21, 27-25 on Saturday night. “I think we really came into […]