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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Flag Football: Long Beach Poly’s Aaya McLyn Named All-American, NFL POY Finalist

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly senior Aaya McLyn is being honored at the highest levels of sport possible for a high school athlete. The Moore League Player of the Year in flag football, […]

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Cabrillo Volleyball

Cabrillo Girls’ Volleyball Preview 2022

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The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family It was a hard offseason for the Cabrillo girls’ volleyball team, […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly at Aquinas

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly (3-3, 2-0) football team faces an intriguing test as it hits the road this Friday to San Bernardino, where they’ll face the Aquinas Falcons (3-3, 1-0). Both teams originally had league games scheduled (Poly was to play Cabrillo Friday), but had those opponents cancel due to positive COVID-19 tests. The switch […]