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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PREVIEW: Three Long Beach Basketball Teams In Semis Tonight

Mike Guardabascio

Three Long Beach boys’ basketball teams will be playing in the CIF Southern Section semifinals tonight, with a trip to the championship on the line. All three games start at 7 p.m. and we’ll have live updates and full coverage from all three. Division 1 St. Anthony is hosting league rival St. Bernard tonight in […]

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Boys’ Cross Country: Millikan’s Parra, Long Beach Poly Take Titles

Mike Guardabascio

All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. There’s been little doubt all year that the dominant forces in the Moore League boys’ cross country world are Millikan sophomore star Jason Parra, and the Long Beach Poly boys’ team. Tuesday’s Moore League cross country […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Ryan Skjonsby, Long Beach Poly Baseball It was a Ryan Skjonsby kind of night in Poly’s league opener against Jordan. The senior leader pitched four shutout innings, giving up just two hits, and scored three runs with […]