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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Football: Long Beach Poly Shuts Out Wilson In 90th Meeting

Mike Guardabascio

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 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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of […]

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Century Club Banquet Returns With Star-Studded Night

Mike Guardabascio

After a two-year absence caused by COVID-19, the Long Beach Century Club’s Sports Night Banquet recently made its return in a packed house at the Grand. The club’s 65th awards banquet recognized the top high school and college athletes in the city, as well as many volunteers from the local sports world, and also crowned this […]

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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 […]