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’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.

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The Avalon Lancers were thrown a curve ball just weeks before their 8-man season starts when returning quarterback Jose Gomez transferred to Nebraska. The lone senior on the team, Antonio Ramos, has taken over as signal caller and fourth-year head coach Michael Forcella said it won’t change anything offensively. “We’ve still got quite a few […]