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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Today’s Long Beach CIF Boys’ Soccer Playoff Schedule

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ROUND TWO Division 1: Wilson @ Mira Costa, 3 p.m. Division 2: Cabrillo @ Thousand Oaks, 5 p.m. Division 2: Long Beach Poly vs. Riverside Poly, 2 p.m.  

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Girls’ Basketball Preview: Lakewood Lancers

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The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The future is now for the Lakewood Lancers. Lakewood finished fourth in the Moore League last year behind Poly, Wilson, and Millikan, and had […]

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Volleyball: Lakewood Dominates Long Beach Poly in Sweep

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After the first set of Lakewood and Long Beach Poly’s Moore League season-opening battle on Tuesday afternoon, Lancers head coach Mike Wadley got his team’s attention. “I told them, how awesome is this?,” he said. “We’re actually in the gym, we’re competing, after not having a season at all last year.”  It was fitting that […]