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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Four Long Beach Runners Make NCAA Track Finals

Mike Guardabascio

Four Long Beach athletes made it to Friday and Saturday’s NCAA Track Finals after a thrilling two days of prelims action that included a new Long Beach State 4×100 record. On Wednesday, Wilson alum Mar’yea Harris advanced in the 400 and he will compete in the Finals on Friday at 6:32 p.m. Harris will also […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs Cabrillo Football

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Girls’ Water Polo

Mike Guardabascio

The Jackrabbits are eager to prove that last year’s Moore League championship and CIF-SS championship runner-up weren’t flukes, and that they’re a program that’s here to stay. Poly (4-6) is led by first-year head coach Brandon D’Sa, a 25 year old who’s a part of a Wilson aquatics legacy (his brother, Zach, just won an […]