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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Long Beach Century Club Donates $34,000 To Local Schools

Mike Guardabascio

At a special meeting of the Long Beach Century Club last night, the club made its annual large donation to local schools, as president Ben Goldberg handed over a ceremonial check in the amount of $34,000. Long Beach State received $12,500, LBCC received $7,500, and Cabrillo, Jordan, Lakewood, Millikan, Poly, Wilson, and St. Anthony received […]

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Basketball: Long Beach Poly Shuts Down Wilson in First-Place Battle

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team’s first goal this year is to reclaim the Moore League title, after their 13-year streak was snapped by Jordan last season. So […]

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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 […]