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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Boys’ Soccer: Millikan’s Early Onslaught Leads Them Past Lakewood

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The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. As the season grows longer, the defending champs […]

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CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Shocks Temecula Valley

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Playing far from home in their CIF-SS Division 1 opener, the Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer team fell behind 2-0, and things were looking bleak. The Jackrabbits tied it up, fell behind again, tied it up again, and then finally put in the game-winner with 10 minutes left on the clock to shock Temecula Valley, […]

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CIF Boys’ Soccer: Anthony Garcia Goals Carry Wilson Past Warren

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When Warren equalized in the 68th minute, Wilson coach CJ Brewer shuffled his lineup again to try and steal a game winner on the road. “We made all the adjustments with ten minutes to go and then I sat down,” Brewer said. “I said ‘They’re going to do it’ and I knew that we believed […]