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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase.Here’s where things stand after the first week of the high school football season in Long Beach. Subscribe to the562 on GiveButter to make sure we’re around to keep covering Long Beach sports! Don’t let this be the last year for the […]

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