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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Three local volleyball players received All-CIF honors this week, as Lakewood’s Julia Crawford was All-CIF in Division 1 while Isabella Bareford and Tiare Jennings of St. Anthony were All-CIF in Division 5. Bareford was also named First-Team All Del Rey League, and Jennings made the second team. Saints coach Alicia Lemau’u was named the Coach […]

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Three Long Beach Basketball Teams Make CIF State Tournament

Mike Guardabascio

Three Long Beach basketball teams qualified for the upcoming CIF State basketball tournament, including the newly-minted CIF-SS Division 3A champion Wilson girls’ basketball team. Open Division The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team will get a chance to end their season on a more positive note as they earned the No. 7 seed in the […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson, Softball

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The562’s high school softball coverage for the 2023 season is sponsored by Long Beach City Councilwoman Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. 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 […]