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 BRACKETS: Long Beach Boys’ Basketball

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We’ll have more detailed thoughts from our writers and coaches later, but here are the playoff paths for the Long Beach teams. Open: St. Anthony  D1: Long Beach Poly vs Crossroads Wednesday D2AA: Compton @ Santa Monica Wednesday D2A: Millikan vs Peninsula Wednesday Division 3AA: Lakewood @ Tustin Tuesday (Wild Card) CLICK HERE FOR FULL […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Falls To UC Riverside

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The back-and-forth game came down to the wire and Long Beach State found themselves on the wrong end of a 73-72 loss to UC Riverside on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid as the Highlanders sunk the game-winner with just 0.8 […]

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Long Beach Poly’s Peyton Watson Picks UCLA

Mike Guardabascio

The top-ranked basketball player in California and recent the562.org All-City Athlete of the Year awardee Peyton Watson announced his college decision Monday night on a nationally-televised broadcast on Fox Sports. The senior-to-be had his pick of the litter in terms of colleges but the five-star recruit stuck with his personal philosophy in picking hometown UCLA […]