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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Feature: St. Anthony Football Overcame 0-3 Start to Reach CIF Title Game

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Just 83 days ago, St. Anthony’s football team was at a crossroads. After a  47-8 loss to Millikan, the Saints dropped to 0-3, having been outscored 126-28 to start the year. “It was the beginning of a long season,” Saints senior lineman Eric Suluai said. “I thought it was going to be bad.” It turns […]

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Cabrillo Soccer

FEATURE: Duane Baker Pushing Himself For Cabrillo Boys’ Soccer

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Duane Baker is the type of soccer player who thrives on challenges. The Cabrillo senior has taken every opportunity to better himself and the most impactful opportunity was training with Cabrillo’s 2016 Moore League championship boys’ soccer team. Hudson K-8 School would let out early on Thursday’s so an 8-year old Baker […]

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Middle Schools Photos

PHOTOS: Avalon Vs. Hamilton, All-City Girls’ Volleyball

Rasheed Riveroll Castillo

Avalon had a great afternoon at Lakewood on Saturday as they completed their undefeated season after picking up a 3-1 win against Hamilton to claim the All-City Division 3 girls’ volleyball titile.