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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Poly Girls, Wilson Boys Win Moore League Dual Swim Meet

JJ Fiddler

There was a fantastic atmosphere at the Long Beach Poly Natatorium on Wednesday where the Jackrabbits hosted Wilson in a Moore League swimming dual meet. The capacity crowd filled the bleachers and lined the pool deck to support the swimmers. Despite emotions running high every time these old rivals face each other, there were only […]

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ROUNDUP: CIF-SS Girls’ Basketball First Round

Tyler Hendrickson

The 2024 CIF-SS girls’ basketball playoffs tipped off on Thursday night, and things went perfectly for the five Long Beach schools. Here’s how all the local teams fared, with links to expanded coverage from Long Beach Poly and Lakewood. DIVISION 1 Long Beach Poly 73, Chaminade 48 CLICK HERE for our story from Poly’s dominant […]

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Lakewood Volleyball Preview

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. As usual, when the Lakewood girls’ volleyball team takes the court this year, they’ll be coached by a Wadley. Unusually, it won’t be longtime […]