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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Lakewoodvsmillkanbaseball 07203
Baseball Lakewood Millikan Photos

PHOTOS: Lakewood vs. Millikan, Baseball

Rasheed Riveroll Castillo

The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.

20240504 VBVBPoly 562
Long Beach Poly Photos Volleyball

PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. St. Margarets, CIF Boys’ Volleyball

Joseph Kling

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023-24 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers.

IMG
Avalon Cabrillo COVID-19 Jordan Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wilson

Long Beach Schools, Sports Officially Closed Until Summer

Mike Guardabascio

The final domino left standing in the 2019-20 school year and sports season fell last week, with the Long Beach Unified School District’s announcement that campuses would remain closed through June 11, and the subsequent announcement that the CIF State office was canceling the remainder of the high school sports schedule. “I’m making an announcement […]