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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STANDINGS: Long Beach Girls’ Basketball, FINAL WEEK

Mike Guardabascio

In the last week of action before the playoffs start, here’s where things stand in the Long Beach girls’ basketball world with a list of this week’s games below the standings box. Note: Standings based on reported results. Coaches can report scores/weekly results as well as schedule listings to Mike@The562.org. — — This week’s games […]

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Massive Long Beach Baseball Preview

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. It was a historic–and historically exciting–high school baseball season in Long Beach last year. We said it would be some of the best top-end talent the city had seen over the last decade, and last […]

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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Knocked Out By Pacifica

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Long Beach Poly football team saw a frustrating season end in shocking fashion on the road Friday in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 quarterfinals. The Jackrabbits led host Pacifica […]