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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JuJu Smith-Schuster, JuJu Foundation Sponsor The562’s Long Beach Poly Coverage For 2022-23

Mike Guardabascio

The562 is pleased to announce that our coverage of Long Beach Poly for the 2022-23 school year will be sponsored by Jackrabbit alum and current Kansas City Chief JuJu Smith-Schuster, as well as the JuJu Foundation. Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation join his former teammate at Poly Jayon Brown in sponsoring our coverage . Smith-Schuster […]

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Girls’ Soccer Roundup: Millikan Takes Top Spot In Moore League

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The Moore League girls’ soccer season got back underway after the holiday break on Tuesday afternoon. Millikan 2, LB Poly 1 Intelligent design and tactics helped the Rams hand the Jackrabbits their first loss while taking over first place in league. The Millikan midfield connected well in the first half while building a lead, and […]

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CIF Water Polo: Millikan Tops Carpinteria For Playoff Win

Mike Guardabascio

STORY BY MATT SIMON For the first half of its Division 4 contest against Carpinteria, coach Danely Smith felt that the Millikan water polo team wasn’t playing to its full potential. Heading into halftime, the Rams held onto a 4-3 lead and were in need of a spark to give the team some momentum. “I […]