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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Here’s a full schedule of this year’s games WEEK 1 AUGUST 17 Cabrillo vs. Bellflower Compton vs. Compton Centennial Jordan vs. Aliso Niguel Long Beach Poly @ Dorsey Millikan @ Carson St. Anthony @ Valencia Wilson vs. Mayfair BYE: Lakewood, Avalon   WEEK 2 AUGUST 24 Cabrillo @ Summit Compton vs. Santa Monica Jordan vs. […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2026 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. Long Beach State hosted UC Irvine on Sunday, falling 7-1 to the Anteaters on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field.

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It was the 112th iteration of Long Beach’s oldest sports tradition, the Homecoming game at Long Beach Poly–and it was much the same story as the last century-plus, as the Jackrabbits went on to comfortably win against a Moore League opponent, beating Cabrillo 68-0 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Poly outgained the Jaguars 362 yards to […]