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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STANDINGS: Long Beach Boys’ Basketball, Week 8

Mike Guardabascio

After eight weeks of action here’s where things stand in the Long Beach boys’ basketball world with a list of this week’s games below the standings box. Note: Standings based on reported results. Coaches can report scores/weekly results as well as schedule listings to Mike@The562.org. — — This week’s games MONDAY Jordan vs Wilson, 7pm […]

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Basketball: Wilson Defeats Lakewood Behind Keon Young’s Big Night

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. With Sean Oliver out for Wilson and Chris Willis and Macarhy Morris both out for Lakewood, Monday night’s game between the Bruins and Lancers had an open billing for […]

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Top Moments #9: Millikan Football Returns To Playoffs

Mike Guardabascio

After Millikan fired longtime beloved Rams coach Kirk Diego, the MIllikan football program fell on hard times. After going 14-36 from 2012 to 2016, the Rams made it to the CIF-SS quarterfinals in 2017, a feat that they repeated again this year, going 8-3 and once again taking second in the Moore League. With the […]