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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial If there’s any school that understands the relationship between defense and championships, it’s Long Beach Poly. And while the Jackrabbits are still three wins away from a CIF-SS Division 2A championship this season, they certainly showed the requisite defensive prowess in a suffocating 63-34 win […]

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The community of local educators has always been a strong one, and Lakewood High School teacher Rachel Thron has felt that love this year. In June, Thron was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had to stop teaching for the first time in 11 […]