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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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Mike Guardabascio

The Week of Champions deserves a supersized Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners. HIGH SCHOOL Kelly Hawkshaw, Millikan Baseball In a must-win game, Millikan starter Kelly Hawkshaw took a no-hitter into the sixth against Poly. Hawkshaw retired 11 in a row from the second to the fifth inning, and Millikan went on to […]

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Long Beach Poly Boys’ Water Polo Seeded No. 3 in State Playoffs

Mike Guardabascio

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team didn’t get much time to enjoy their historic CIF-SS Division 4 championship–the school’s first in the sport since 1929. Less than 24 hours later, the Jackrabbits are back preparing […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine, Big West Basketball

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got great photos from Long Beach State’s season-ending loss to UC Irvine in the Big West semifinals by Stephen Dachman.