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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Cross Country: Long Beach Poly Takes Third At Mt. SAC

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Paced by a record-setting performance from senior Will Frankenfeld, Long Beach Poly’s boys’ cross country team finished third in the Team Sweepstakes championship last weekend at the Mt. SAC Invitational. Frankenfeld finished third overall with a new Long Beach city record time of 14:47 on the three-mile course. That broke Poly and Cal distance runner […]

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ROUNDUP: Moore League Cross Country, Signal Hill Meet

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All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. It was another fun day of racing at Signal Hill, as the Moore League returned to Discovery Well Park following a COVID-19-caused absence last year. Millikan’s Jason Parra and Poly’s Camille Lindsay won the individual races […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Millikan, Alone In First

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The Jackrabbits and Rams’ girls’ basketball teams went into Wednesday evening’s showdown as the last two unbeaten teams in the Moore League. Playing on the road, Long Beach Poly showed that there was some distance between first and second place, as the Jackrabbits won in convincing fashion, 75-32. “I’m very happy with how we played, […]