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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We’ll have live updates from the sideline with LBCC football hosting Bakersfield and live updates from St. Anthony where the Saints are hosting Cerritos in a second-round CIF volleyball match. If you see anything missing tweet us at @562sports. Tweets by 562sports

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Massive Long Beach Football Preview

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We couldn’t be more excited for another Long Beach football season. Millikan kicks things off today in Nevada, then there’s a full slate of games next Friday. This season will feature another much-hyped battle between Millikan and Long Beach Poly, as well as the final season of Veterans Memorial Stadium, the city’s home of high […]

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Ticket Link For Lakewood Rancho Verde CIFSS Football Semifinal

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood Lancers hit the road Friday night for a CIF-SS Division 8 semifinal at Rancho Verde. Click here to get your tickets for the 7 p.m. game. If the Lancers win they will host the CIF-SS D8 championship next week at […]