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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Long Beach has a storied history of aquatic Olympians, due mostly to Wilson’s unparalleled history in the pool. But while Max Irving is holding it down for Long Beach (and the Bruins) in the Tokyo Olympics on the men’s national water polo team, there isn’t a representative for the city swimming between the lane lines […]

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Boys’ Golf: Wilson Getting Good Rounds In Early

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach golf for the 2023 season is sponsored from Dan and Desiree Gooch. Wilson boys’ golf won its first head-to-head match of the 2023 season by beating Valley Christian 192-248 on Thursday at Recreation Park Golf Course. Bruins co-captain Ky Stopp earned medalist honors with a 1-under round.  Wilson opened the season […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Servite CIF Football

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