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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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

Mike Guardabascio

Here’s a look at today’s CIF-SS playoff schedule for Long Beach teams, with two teams getting the action started in the wild card round. Wednesday will see boys’ basketball, boys’ soccer, and girls’ water polo start with Thursday seeing girls’ basketball, soccer, and water polo. Tuesday, February 6 Girls’ Water Polo Division 2 Wild Card: […]

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Vertical Raise Becomes The562’s Official Team Fundraising Partner for 2022-23 School Year

Tyler Hendrickson

The562 is excited to announce that Vertical Raise is now our official team fundraising partner for the 2022-2023 school year. In addition, Vertical Raise will be sponsoring all of The562’s season previews for the upcoming school year. Vertical Raise helps high school teams easily raise much-needed funds for their season with their premium online donation […]

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CIF Swimming: Long Beach Well Represented In Division 2

JJ Fiddler

There will be a Long Beach swimmer in all of the boys and girls CIF Southern Section Swimming Division 2 prelims on Friday morning at the Riverside Aquatics Complex. The finals are at 4 p.m. on Saturday. GIRLS 200 Yard Medley Relay 3. Poly (1:48.81) 9. Wilson (1:57.27) 29. Millikan (1:54.90) 39. Lakewood (1:56.25) ALT […]