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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Playoff Preview: Jordan Football

Mike Guardabascio

Jordan football coach Tim Wedlow knew his team still had a good chance at the CIF Southern Section playoffs, even after losing the envelope draw tiebreaker for third place and the Moore League’s final playoff spot. The Panthers were always a strong candidate for an at-large berth, because of their .500 record. But even with […]

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Boys’ Soccer: Wilson Shuts Out Cabrillo In Moore League Opener

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family When Wilson captain Lucca Pires scored the opening goal on Wednesday at Cabrillo in the first Moore League boys’ soccer game of the season he celebrated by thumping his chest and […]

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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 […]