Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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NUMBER FIVE It’s not easy making history at Long Beach Poly, but the girls’ tennis program did just that with the program’s first ever CIF championship last fall. The Jackrabbits had to fight for it, barely holding off San Dimas with a 10-8 win at the Claremont Club, securing a Division 4 CIF crown. Julia […]

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The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.