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 State Basketball: Long Beach Poly Falls Short To Narbonne

Mike Guardabascio

A frustrating season for the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team came to an end Tuesday evening in the first round of the CIF State Southern California Regional Division 2A playoffs. The Jackrabbits were once again plagued by uneven effort as well as flashes of brilliance in a narrow defeat, 67-65, to Narbonne. “It’s very […]

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Girls’ Water Polo: Lakewood Comes Away with Hard Fought Win Over Jordan

Nina Fife

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Lakewood came away with a gritty, hard fought win over Jordan in […]

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Long Beach Wilson, Poly Water Polo Player Earn CIF Awards

Mike Guardabascio

As expected the release of the CIF Southern Section’s All-CIF girls’ water polo teams brought some big honors to Long Beach, following the Moore League’s historic 2017-18 season. Prior to this year there had only been one league team to ever reach a CIF championship game, which resulted in a frustrating loss for Wilson. This […]