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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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Fairmont Prep, Girls’ Basketball

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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Fairmont Prep Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball hosted Fairmont Prep in the CIF-SS semifinals on Monday.For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org…. Support The562.org

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Lakewood Baseball Star Ricky Tiedemann Will Play For LBCC

Mike Guardabascio

Ricky Tiedemann should be on a bus somewhere. In a normal year, he would be–toiling away somewhere in the minor leagues, in some rookie program. This, of course, is not a normal year. Tiedemann was ranked in the top 90 on MLB.com’s prospects ahead of this year’s draft, but was not selected in the abbreviated […]

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Long Beach Girls’ Water Polo Preview

Mike Guardabascio

Last year was the best girls’ water polo season in Long Beach history–can 2018-19 top it? Last season Wilson won the first CIF-SS championship in the sport in city history, while Long Beach Poly brought home a silver CIF-SS plaque. This year looks to feature more big games and memorable moments–the Moore League schedule begins […]