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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Nflb
Cabrillo Compton Football Jordan Lakewood LB In NFL Long Beach Poly Wilson

LB in NFL: Training Camp Preview

Mike Guardabascio

The arrival of August means it’s officially NFL Training Camp season, and another 17 Long Beach athletes are trying to make teams this year. This Thursday and Friday see the first full week of preseason games, and then local products have another three and a half weeks to earn their way onto a team. On […]

Img 2449
Cabrillo Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wilson Wrestling

Moore League Girls’ Wrestling Preview

Matt Simon

The Moore League girls’ wrestling season is underway and The562 checked in around the city to catch up with the local teams. Long Beach Poly is looking to repeat as league champ after the Jackrabbits dual against Millikan went to the rule book tiebreakers to decide the winner. Poly came away with the win after […]

Adonia Rylie
Long Beach Poly Volleyball

Next One Up: Adonia Faumuina + Rylie McGinest, Long Beach Poly Volleyball

Mike Guardabascio

This is the third installment of Next One Up, an occasional summer feature series taking a look at some of the biggest up-and-coming stars in the Long Beach sports world.  Most high schoolers look forward to summer as a time to rest and relax, hang out with their friends, maybe go to the movies a […]