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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The Avalon Lancers 8-man football team has four Express League games left to finish the season, and that all starts tonight at home against Calvary Chapel Downey. Kickoff on Catalina is scheduled for 5 p.m. Avalon (2-3, 1-0) dropped a disappointing contest against Flintridge Prep last week 53-42 but continued to put up huge offensive […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson Bruins hosted their spring game Wednesday afternoon, giving their players a competitive atmosphere as they put a close to their Spring ball season. The Bruins broke into two teams (Cardinal vs Gold), getting reps at both offense and […]

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Boys’ Basketball: Lakewood Pulls Away For Win At Cabrillo

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The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. In what could have been a dangerous trap game for Lakewood, the Lancers continued their impressive start to Moore League play, following head coach Duane Cooper’s mantra of going 1-0 every […]