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 Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Cruises Past Bishop Montgomery

Tyler Hendrickson

Top-seeded Long Beach Poly earned a comfortable win in Wednesday night’s CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ basketball quarterfinal, pulling away for a 69-47 victory at Bishop Montgomery to advance to Saturday’s semifinal. The Jackrabbits got a game-high 26 points from junior Nala Williams while senior Lily Buggs poured in 23. Kalaya Buggs dished out a half-dozen […]

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Nominate Your Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade

JJ Fiddler

The COVID-19 shutdowns have stolen so much joy from everyone. The sports community of Long Beach felt that the most this summer when fields and courts across the city were left unused. For the last decade, we have provided in-depth coverage of the incredible achievements of the elite Long Beach youth sports teams. We respect […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. YOUTH Nathan Dowdell, Newcomb Track Newcomb Middle School eighth grader Nathan Dowdell won the All-City middle school championship in the 100 meter sprint last week, with a blazing time of 11.12, which would be a top 15 in […]