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 Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Orange Lutheran

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The game is taking place in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 bracket, but there’s a real Division 1 feel around Friday night’s Long Beach Poly vs. Orange Lutheran first-round battle., set to kick off at Veterans Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. For one thing, both teams are traditional Division 1 powers, with some recent […]

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Boys’ Swimming: Wilson Takes Back Moore League Championship

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The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. It’s not what happens to you, but it’s how you respond to it that matters. In the case of 2024 Wilson boys’ swimming, the Bruins were forced to patiently wait 361 days until getting the chance to respond to […]

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Four Long Beach Water Polo Teams Make CIF-SS Playoffs

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Four Long Beach water polo teams made the CIF Southern Section playoffs, and learned their postseason paths with the release of the CIF-SS brackets on Saturday morning.  Division 1 Moore League champion WIlson (17-11) gets a home game […]