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 track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial It was a memorable day for the Long Beach track and field world at Saturday’s CIF-SS Track and Field Finals at sweltering Moorpark High. Four city high schools had athletes competing, and all of them saw at least one athlete bring home a CIF-SS gold.  […]

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21 Athletes and Coaches to Represent Long Beach in the 2024 Paris Olympics

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The Paris Olympics are slated to begin Friday, July 26, and as usual there will be a large contingent of Long Beach athletes and coaches present to represent our city on the global stage. A total of 21 athletes and coaches with strong Long Beach ties are making the trip to Europe to compete in […]

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CIF Track: City of Champions Brings Home Titles as Poly, Wilson Capture Gold

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The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. Long Beach Poly coach Crystal Irving and Wilson coach Neil Neilson were arguing playfully about who was going to take home their jointly-owned CIF-SS Division 1 boys’ track and field championship plaque.  “Ain’t this how […]