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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CIF Basketball: Bad Start Dooms Long Beach Poly In Riverside

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For the last 22 minutes of Long Beach Poly’s road CIF-SS second round Division 1 playoff game at Riverside Poly, the Jackrabbits’ boys’ basketball team played the host Bears even. The problem was a dreadful first 10 minutes of the game, which saw the LB version of Poly fall behind 25-4. The Jackrabbits fought the […]

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BREAKING: Long Beach State Basketball Practicing Indoors Today

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The long wait is over, relatively speaking. Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball have been working out in small groups outdoors for about a month, and today they went inside. However, they’re not at Walter Pyramid. Both teams are practicing at AIM Sports Group in Seal Beach and will continue to do so until […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Joy Anderson, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly senior Joy Anderson led the Jackrabbits to their 199th […]