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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Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Final Week

Mike Guardabascio

This is the last week of the regular season for high school football–we take a look at the schedule around Long Beach and the Moore League. All games start at 7 p.m. Friday Lakewood vs. Long Beach Poly (Veterans Memorial Stadium) Millikan vs. Wilson Cabrillo vs. Compton St. Anthony vs. Harvard-Westlake (at St. Pius X/St. […]

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Moore League Baseball Preview

Mike Guardabascio & JJ Fiddler

The spring rains have arrived and the boys of the Moore League are back at Blair Field. What makes baseball special for high school athletes in Long Beach is the venue, yes, but also the competitiveness of the league. Four schools have won the league championship in the last six years, and three teams (Millikan, […]

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Long Beach Poly Basketball Wins Outright Moore League Championship 

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Long Beach Poly defeated Millikan on Thursday night on the road to wrap up at least a share of this year’s Moore League boys’ basketball championship. With Jordan defeating Lakewood minutes after, the Jackrabbits ended up as outright Moore League champions following their 67-42 […]