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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Gavin Pool-Harris and his two brothers have always been competitive. “It definitely did get heated,” said his twin brother Braden. “We were competing in anything and everything, like how fast you could finish your food.” Gavin, Braden and their older brother Eamon spent their childhood in Long Beach doing as many outdoor activities as possible, […]

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The562.org’s Long Beach Football Preview

Mike Guardabascio & JJ Fiddler

Football season is back, and starting earlier than ever thanks to a change in the schedule by the CIF State office. For Long Beach football fans, it’s not a moment too soon. Thanks to the new opportunities offered to local teams by the CIF Southern Section competitive equity format, every team feels like they have […]

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Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly AD Rob Shock Wins CIF-SS Champion For Character Award

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. 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. Longtime Long Beach Poly boys’ athletic director Rob Shock was honored in Long […]