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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Cross Country: Long Beach Poly Takes Third At Mt. SAC

Mike Guardabascio

Paced by a record-setting performance from senior Will Frankenfeld, Long Beach Poly’s boys’ cross country team finished third in the Team Sweepstakes championship last weekend at the Mt. SAC Invitational. Frankenfeld finished third overall with a new Long Beach city record time of 14:47 on the three-mile course. That broke Poly and Cal distance runner […]

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VIDEO: Millikan vs. Wilson, Girls’ Lacrosse

Tyler Hendrickson

High School Girls’ Lacrosse: Millikan vs. Wilson Millikan visited Wilson to open up the Moore League girls’ lacrosse season on Friday, part of a modified season in the 2020-21 school year. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, […]

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CIF Track: Jordan Boys Claim Silver on Washington’s Historic Day

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial  The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. It was a historic day for the Jordan track and field program at the CIF-SS Track and Field Finals at Moorpark on Saturday, in more ways than one. The Panthers showed up as […]