Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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Football: Wilson, St. Anthony Will Play For New Rivalry Trophy

Mike Guardabascio

There’s a little bit of history between St. Anthony and Wilson’s football programs. The two teams played four times in the 1980s, with Wilson going 3-1, and then picked the series back up in 2014. We’ve been calling it “The Battle For 7th Street” since the rivalry was renewed, and that moniker is now emblazoned […]

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PODCAST: What Up, Long Beach?! Football Rivalry Week

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00:00 How You Can Support Long Beach Sports Coverage 02:00 High School Football Previews For Rivalry Week 02:10 Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson 09:40 Lakewood vs. Millikan 15:10 Compton vs. Jordan 17:50 Statabascio – Who Has The Most NFL Alumni? 20:20 Long Beach State Update 24:40 Long Beach City College Football Preview 26:09 Either, Or… […]

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The 562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congrats to the honorees in this week’s supersized Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson pitcher Joey Vega battled through a leg injury last week to help lead Wilson to its first postseason win in seven years. Vega pitched a complete game and yielded just two runs, and he had a […]