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 Poly Jackrabbits Boys’ Basketball Preview

Mike Guardabascio

Perhaps no team in the city was poised for a bigger 2020-21 season when the COVID-19 shutdown came than the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team. The Jackrabbits feature elite talent across the board and have legitimate CIF-SS and CIF State championship hopes. The talented roster is headlined by McDonald’s All-American and UCLA signee Peyton […]

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STANDINGS: Long Beach Girls’ Volleyball

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Oct. 10 Poly at Wilson Millikan at Lakewood Cabrillo at Compton (4 p.m.) St. Anthony at Bishop Montgomery (6 p.m.) Thursday, Oct. […]

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CIF Boys’ Soccer: Poly Comes Back For PK Playoff Win

JJ Fiddler

The Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer team pulled off an improbable comeback on Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division playoffs at Santa Ana Valley. Trailing 1-0 in the final minute, Poly’s Jossmar Briceño headed home the equalizer to force overtime. After a scoreless 20 minutes of extra time, the teams […]