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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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Football vs Serra, CIF State Playoffs

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly is still playing football this December, and Christmas came early for the Jackrabbits and Southern California football fans. Usually the CIF State Regional Championship games–which come between the much-hyped CIF-SS title games and the CIF State championships–are a bit of a letdown, pitting Southern Section teams against City Section or San Diego […]

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Long Beach Poly Makes Return to CIF-SS Championship Banquet

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly has been to the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon plenty of times over the last half-century, but haven’t made the short trip to the Grand in Long Beach since 2012. On Monday, the Jackrabbits made their return as they prepare to face St. Francis in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game […]

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Long Beach Football Schedule, Week Ten

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. It’s the tenth week of the high school football season and we’ve got a bunch of great games. All games 7pm unless otherwise noted. Friday, October 25 St. Anthony vs Harvard-Westlake (Clark Field) Millikan vs Compton Long Beach Poly vs […]