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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VIDEO and STORY BY MATT SIMON On senior night, Ashlee Lewis scored 17 points as the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team won its 14th consecutive Moore League title defeating Wilson 72-39 Tuesday night at Poly. Ashley Hawkins and the Bruins didn’t make it easy for the Jackrabbits early on as she scored five of […]

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Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson PHOTO BY JOHN NAPALAN The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. There’s never been a year for Long Beach football like 2021. Four teams–Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton, and St. Anthony–made a CIF-SS championship game, with the […]

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