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 coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The 2023 CIF-SS girls’ water polo brackets were released on Saturday morning, and as expected the Moore League has a number of teams in position to make deep playoff runs over the next two weeks. Five teams from the Moore […]

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PREVIEW: Cabrillo Girls’ Basketball

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The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Cabrillo has strong aspirations under first-year head coach Greg Sii.  “We are looking to compete in every game but overall to make a playoff bid for the first time in school history,” Sii said. The Jags are going to maximize their stamina to help […]

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Baseball: Long Beach Poly Gets Timely Hits In Win Over Cabrillo

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. As the Long Beach Poly baseball team celebrated their seniors, it was a fitting celebration as Tate Hammond put on […]