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.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congrats to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Aliya Mesihovich, Wilson Cross Country For the second time this year, Wilson junior Aliya Mehisovich led a Moore League cross country meet wire to wire and ended up with a big first-place finish. Mehisovich won the individual gold […]

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PREVIEW: Millikan vs. Lakewood, Football

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. This time when Lakewood and Millikan meet Friday night for the annual Battle of the Blueprint rivalry football game, first place in the Moore League will be on the […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Claims League Title With Win Over Lakewood

Mike Guardabascio

A Moore League title means something different in every sport. In baseball, whichever team wins the league title celebrates at Blair Field with gloves flying and a big dog pile. After Friday’s regular season finale between Long Beach Poly and Lakewood, the Jackrabbits celebrated with a smattering of light applause. Despite a rough non league […]