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 Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Darius Curry, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly junior quarterback Darius Curry wowed in his first start […]

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The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Here are the final standings of the 2023 girls’ volleyball season, with the CIF-SS playoffs beginning this week! THIS WEEK’S PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Thursday, Oct. 19 Sherman […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. As always, there’s history in the air for the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team as they prepare for the 2024-25 basketball season. The Jackrabbits enter the year with 2,164 wins (300+ more than the next best team in California) and 65 league championships–also a […]