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 Basketball Shuts Down Esperanza For CIF-SS Division 1 Championship

Mike Guardabascio

A historic year produced a historic championship. The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team had won six CIF Southern Section titles and six CIF State titles coming into Thursday night’s CIF-SS Division 1 championship against Esperanza, but they’d never done it at home. That special accomplishment came as the result of an unbelievable COVID year […]

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Football St. Anthony Wilson

Football: Wilson Rolls To Rivalry Win At St. Anthony

JJ Fiddler

Wilson’s 49-20 win over St. Anthony on Friday at Clark Field wasn’t always pretty, but good high school football rivalries rarely are, and both the Bruins (4-0) and Saints (1-3) can learn a lot from playing their 7th Street neighbor. VIDEO HIGHLIGHT —- PHOTO GALLERY Wilson is off to its best start since the 1960’s […]

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Long Beach Poly Millikan Photos Volleyball

PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly Vs. Millikan, Girls’ Volleyball

Rasheed Riveroll Castillo

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law.