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 high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. With two future Division I college arms on the mound, it was reasonable to expect a pitcher’s duel between […]

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Basketball: Hughes Wins All-City Division 1 Championship Over Hoover

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The Division 1 All-City boys’ basketball championship between defending champ Hughes and upset-hungry Hoover was an exciting one. After surviving a Hoover comeback in the third quarter, the Owls closed out a 57-47 championship victory, which gave them their second straight All-City title. The first quarter was headlined by Hughes’ Trevor Scott and Jacob Yupe-Rodriguez. […]

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Long Beach Basketball Roundup: Poly, Compton, Millikan Boys Win

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Boys’ Basketball Millikan def. Wilson 62-58 What looked like a routine win for the Rams turned into a dogfight down the stretch. Millikan led by 18 at halftime but saw their lead cut to just one point late in the fourth quarter on a big three-pointer by Frank Sam of Wilson. Millikan was able to […]