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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Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Joshua “Noodles” Cason, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly’s run game was the star of the show in Saturday’s championship win, and junior Devin Samples could easily have won his third Athlete of the […]

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Long Beach Poly’s Jovani Ruff Nominated For McDonald’s All-American Game

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly senior Jovani Ruff is a nominee for the historic McDonald’s All-American Game. Becoming a nominee is the first step to officially being named to the game, which will be held April 1 in Brooklyn at the Nets’ Barclays Center. Long Beach has […]