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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Baseball: Wilson Beats Lakewood, Stays In Moore League Title Hunt

Mike Guardabascio

With Long Beach Poly beating Millikan on Thursday, Wilson and Lakewood’s game at Walter “Spud” O’Neill Field on the Lancers’ campus became even more important. With Poly still clear of the rest of the league with only one loss, the two-loss Bruins and Lancers were duking it out to decide who would be the potential […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly at Millikan Football

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster […]

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Century Club Donates $10,500 to Cover Moore League Dues

Tyler Hendrickson

In an effort to assist Long Beach’s high school sports program in the upcoming school year, the Long Beach Century Club made a $10,500 donation to the Moore League to cover the league dues for the city’s seven high schools. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures caused a financial shortfall for local high schools, […]