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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Continuing the final week of their regular season schedule, Long Beach Poly picked up another league win against Cabrillo on Tuesday night, winning by a margin of 78-46. “That’s the team we’re supposed […]

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Long Beach Poly Wins Four Academic CIF-SS Championships, Highlighting Strong Local Group

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No high school in California has won more championships on the field than Long Beach Poly, which boasts record-high totals of 134 CIF Southern Section and 38 CIF State team titles; just last school year they were named the second-best girls’ sports program in the CIF-SS in the Commissioner’s Cup race. Those marks are in […]