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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Compton Football Obituary

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The Compton community was dealt a heartbreaking blow after news that Compton High grad Aava Lilomaiava was shot and killed on Wednesday night. Lilomaiva was leader on and off the field for the Tarbabes football team that reached the CIF-SS Division 12 championship game in 2022. “He was dedicated, and a competitor,” Compton coach Calvin […]

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Baseball Long Beach Poly

CIF Baseball: Pemberton Delivers Another Walk-Off As Long Beach Poly Beats Flintridge Prep

Tyler Hendrickson

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. The Baseball Gods are turning skeptics into believers during this Long Beach Poly […]