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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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kenny Barnabee, Long Beach Poly Baseball/Soccer It was a big week for Poly’s Kenny Barnabee, who led the Jackrabbits to wins in two sports. He scored a goal in the school’s first-round CIF soccer playoff win then went ⅔ with […]

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PREVIEW: Jordan Boys’ Basketball

Mike Guardabascio

Panthers coach James McDonald is running an old-school playbook in North Long Beach, and he’s asking his school’s fans to have a little patience as a result. The Jordan basketball team’s roster is stacked with two-sport athletes that were late arriving to the hardwood because of football season. “We’re not in sync yet, we didn’t […]

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Long Beach High School Football Playoff Schedule

Mike Guardabascio

This Friday marks the start of the high school football playoffs in Southern California. Here’s where all the Long Beach teams are playing and when–we’ll be at every game. All games start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 4 Long Beach Poly vs. Trabuco Hills (Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.) Division 6 Millikan @ […]