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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Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Tops Lakewood In Wild Match

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Come back for our Long Beach high school volleyball preview on Monday! The first day of the Moore League boys’ volleyball season pitted a pair of freshman stars against each other as defending league champion Lakewood welcomed in Long Beach Poly for what ended up being a crazy match. The Jackrabbits’ Nico Iamaleava had an […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Ryan Skjonsby, Long Beach Poly Baseball It was a Ryan Skjonsby kind of night in Poly’s league opener against Jordan. The senior leader pitched four shutout innings, giving up just two hits, and scored three runs with […]

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Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Wilson Bruins

Mike Guardabascio

Wilson coach Jeremy Cook already made his mark on Bruins history, having led Wilson to a league title in 2017, the school’s first in almost a decade. This year he has a young team to build up, with only three returning players–two of which were first-team All-Moore League last year. Sophomore Payne Lounsbery, the team’s […]