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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The562org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Gabe Cummings, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly senior Gabe Cummings had the game of his life in the semifinals last week. Cummings went 4/4 from beyond the arc in the second half as part of […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. St. Francis, CIF-SS Championship Football

Mike Guardabascio

There’s history in the air and history on the line in La Canada tonight as Long Beach Poly takes a trip to St. Francis for the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship game. The Jackrabbits are trying to bring home their 20th CIF-SS title ever, as well as the school’s 127th in any sport. There’s […]

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CIF Basketball: Millikan Breezes Past Vista Murrieta In Opener

Mike Guardabascio

It was a long Thursday for Millikan girls’ basketball coach Lorene Morgan. Since she’s the girls’ athletic director in addition to the school’s hoops coach, Morgan had to help set up and supervise the school’s girls’ soccer and girls’ water polo playoff games, then run to the store to pick up snacks for her boosters […]