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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Long Beach Poly Girls Flag Football Grab Runner-Up Trophy at Inaugural Championship

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. Of course it came down to Long Beach Poly and Serra. After a […]

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The562.org Athletes Of The Week

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Welcome back to the562.org’s Athletes of the Week, honoring the best of the best each Monday from around the city. HIGH SCHOOL Teilon Tufuga, Lakewood Volleyball Junior standout Teilon Tufuga has been a standout for the Lancers the last two years, and he was sensational last week on the road in a sweep of defending […]