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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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Mistakes Doom Long Beach Poly In Loss To Windward

Mike Guardabascio

After Long Beach Poly’s season-ending loss to Windward in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, it was a long time before Jackrabbits coach Shelton Diggs could bring himself to leave the Poly locker room. It’s the kind of loss that haunts a coach, and leaves a team spending the entire […]

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Baseball Lakewood Wilson

Baseball: Wilson Blanks Lakewood, Secures Second Place

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 Over the second half of Moore League play, the Wilson Bruins (19-9, 10-2) did everything in their power to give […]

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Lakewood Beats Long Beach Poly On Moore League Softball Opening Day

JJ Fiddler

The Lakewood softball team is trying to win a sixth consecutive Moore League championship this season, and the Lancers started their title defense with an 8-1 win over Long Beach Poly on Thursday at Joe Rodgers Stadium. High School Softball: Lakewood vs. Long Beach Poly Visit and subscribe at The562.org for more Long Beach sports […]