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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Baseball Lakewood Millikan

Baseball: Lakewood Shows Turnaround In Shutout Of Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

The first time Lakewood and Millikan met at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field this season, it was a bad day for the Lancers. Their ten-run loss was one of the biggest league defeats in 30+ years, and it stuck in the craw of the program’s players and coaches, all of whom are aware of Lakewood’s […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Boys’ Basketball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

Mike Guardabascio

Cal-Hi Sports’ recently updated State record book shows that Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team might have as dominant a history as the school’s football teams. The Jackrabbits enter this season with 2,105 all-time victories dating back to 1907–no other school in California has more than 1,800 wins. The Jackrabbits’ co-Moore League championship in the […]

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Athlete of the Week Long Beach State Millikan Softball Volleyball

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Katie Knarr, Millikan Softball Millikan got a statement win over Long Beach Poly last week, and an offensive […]