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 season is underway in Long Beach, and it promises to be a memorable one. Long Beach Poly is joined in the top division by St. Anthony, and the always-competitive Moore League features several teams that could make deep runs in their respective playoff divisions. We lace you up on the top players and teams […]

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Feature: Cutler Sisters Power Long Beach Poly Into Semifinals

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As Long Beach Poly’s girls’ soccer team was taking the field against Palos Verdes in the first round of the CIF Southern Section soccer playoffs, one of the PV parents leaned over to another and asked, “Who are THOSE girls?” She was pointing to Aniah and Allanah Cutler, and it’s a question worth answering. The […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Girls’ Soccer

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits have consistently been one of the teams to beat in Moore League girls’ soccer, finishing near the top of the standings for most of the last decade. In just the last five years under head coach Anthony Perez, Poly […]