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 Long Beach City College football team was fresh off a last-minute loss to the nation’s top-ranked team and looking to re-assert themselves in a rivalry game. That’s exactly what the Vikings did Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium, soundly defeating Cerritos College to retain possession of the Crosstown Cup, beating the Falcons 36-24. Towards […]

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PHOTO: Aniya Boudreaux, Adonia Faumuina, Rylie McGinest, Laura Williams, Makayla Sorenson, Kelli McCombs photographed by John Napalan and Art O’Neill of All-In Press There aren’t a lot of surprises in the world of Long Beach girls’ volleyball. Because of the nonstop nature of the sport and the connectivity of the club scene, coaches and players […]

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Feature: Joshua Cason is Long Beach Poly Football’s ‘Heart and Soul’

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly’s football program has a long history of star athletes, many of them gifted with impressive size […]