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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Mike Guardabascio

Our All-City Athletes of the Year award has been around for nine years, just a fraction of the 120+ year history of amazing youth athletes in Long Beach. But over the last decade we’ve gotten a good look at the top flight of the city’s talent pool: previous recipients of this award have been NFL […]

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Cross Country Long Beach Poly Millikan

CIF Cross Country: Poly’s Rhone, Millikan’s Parra Qualify For State

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of cross country and track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. 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 […]

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Long Beach Poly Soccer

FEATURE: Long Beach Poly’s Defense Drives CIF-SS Championship Run

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of high school soccer is sponsored by Long Beach FC. There, standing at midfield, was Long Beach Poly Sydney Santos. Her jersey was black with white lettering. Her cleats were green, and the 1600 Atlantic crests on her uniform was green and […]