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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St. Anthony Girls’ Golf Wins Historic League Title

JJ Fiddler

The St. Anthony girls’ golf team made history on Tuesday by beating St. Joseph 250-253 at Lakewood Country Club to clinch the first league championship in school history. The Saints (11-1, 7-0) are on an 11-game winning streak and were led by junior Sofia McGuiness, senior Eryn Cayetano and senior Emily Curtin. The St. Anthony […]

St. Anthony Volleyball
St. Anthony Volleyball

Top Moments #5: St. Anthony Volleyball Shines Again

Mike Guardabascio

It was another great year for St. Anthony volleyball under head girls’ and boys’ coach Alicia Lemau’u, who took the Saints to historic heights in the fall and the spring. The girls’ volleyball team was able to make it to the CIF-SS semifinals, something they’d done before under Lemau’u, having won a CIF championship three […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, presented by Naples Rib Company.  HIGH SCHOOL Devin Samples, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly sophomore Devin Samples isn’t the biggest guy on the field, but he had the biggest performance of the first week of the season. He led Poly to a 27-21 overtime […]