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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PODCAST: Why Are Long Beach Sports Close Again?

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This week we’re explaining why the Moore League is getting more competitive and talking to Jason Ruiz about a football weekend he wants to forget. 02:20 Question O’ The Week: Why is the Moore League close again? 06:30 Athletes O’ The Week 18:00 Athlete Of The Month 19:20 Game O’ The Week: Homecoming at Long […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Four

Mike Guardabascio

With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team stunned state experts last week, winning the Troy Classic with wins over state No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 5 Etiwanda. The Jackrabbits were […]