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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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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Congratulations to this week’s winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship HIGH SCHOOL Devin Samples, Long Beach Poly Football Poly junior Devin Samples had the game of his life on Friday against Millikan, as the definition of a workhorse back. Samples had 35 carries for 284 yards and four touchdowns in the […]