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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The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. Here’s a look at the Moore League and Long Beach baseball standings, with this week’s schedule below. Tuesday Long Beach Poly vs. Cerritos (3:30 p.m.) St. Anthony vs. St. Bernard (3:15 p.m.) Wednesday Cabrillo vs. […]

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Football Signing Day: Wilson’s Max Barbee Going To Purdue

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. After helping the Wilson Bruins reach their first CIF Championship game in school history, receiver Max Barbee is taking his talents to West Lafayette where he will […]

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LB In The NFL: DeSean Jackson, JuJu Smith-Schuster Have Huge Debuts

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The opening weekend of the NFL season was yet another piece of proof that no city can turn out offensive playmakers like Long Beach. It’s well known that Poly has produced more NFL players than any other high school, but the Jackrabbits have also in particular produced more receivers and defensive backs than any other […]