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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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule: Football, Tennis

Mike Guardabascio

Friday is a big day for Long Beach high schools, as football playoffs kick off and girls’ tennis playoffs continue. Click here for our previews of the football games. Football (First Round,  games 7:30 p.m. unless noted) Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs. Trabuco Hills (Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.) Division 6: Millikan @ Camarillo […]

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Girls’ Water Polo: Wilson Rolls To Win Over Long Beach Poly

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All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Zoe Grover scored five goals for Wilson girls’ water polo team on Wednesday afternoon at Belmont Outdoor Pool as the Bruins defeated Long Beach Poly 17-5. Like many other programs in the area dealing with games being […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara Women’s Basketball

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got some great photos from the game taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.