Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. For the majority of Tuesday afternoon’s flag football showdown between Long Beach Poly and Saint Joseph, there wasn’t much separating the teams. Both defenses hauled in interceptions on their first plays of the day, and every scoring drive was immediately answered by the opposition. But […]

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The Millikan wrestling team is primed for redemption after two dominating performances on Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Dual Meet Saturday. After defeating Lawndale 76-6 in the quarterfinals, the Rams punched their ticket back to the CIF championship with a 78-3 victory against Cypress. Support The562.org “Our team is special,” Millikan coach […]

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PREVIEW: Wilson Girls’ Soccer

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson girls’ soccer team has a proud history and a trophy case that includes Moore League, CIF-SS, CIF State Regional, and national championship hardware. But the Bruins have just one league title in the last five years (won in […]