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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The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team has been on the uptick this season. The Jackrabbits, reigning Moore League and CIF Southern Section Division 3 champions, are off to a strong start and when Monday’s inaugural CIF-SS rankings came out they were listed at No. 20. But Poly hadn’t yet faced a tough test in […]

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VIDEO: Lakewood vs. Compton, Football

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The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.

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CIF Softball: Lakewood Loses At Home In Second Round

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The Lakewood softball program had lofty goals for the 2019 campaign. The Lancers successfully took back the Moore League title, but couldn’t return to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2016. Lakewood (26-4) outhit South Torrance in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs on Tuesday at Lakewood High, but […]