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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CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Falls To Los Altos In Semifinals

Mike Guardabascio

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to host a CIF Southern Section championship in the Ron Palmer Pavilion slipped through Long Beach Poly’s fingers on Friday evening, as the Jackrabbits’ boys’ basketball team fell on the road at Los Altos. Defensive miscues and a slow-starting offense doomed Poly’s bid for history in a 58-56 defeat. Poly scored just […]

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Basketball Millikan Wilson

Basketball: Wilson Girls Beat Millikan, Sweep Rams This Year

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson girls’ basketball team beat Millikan last week, 37-25, to wrap up their first season sweep of Millikan in 15 years. The Bruins were […]

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Top 10 Long Beach Sports Stories Of 2018

Mike Guardabascio & JJ Fiddler

Like every year for the last 130 or so years in Long Beach’s history (football games were played here before the city even officially formed), 2018 was a memorable one for sports. As it draws to a close, we look back on the top 10 sports stories from the last 12 months. 10. Long Beach […]