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’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management.

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None of the players on the Millikan girls’ soccer team were alive the last time the Rams won the Moore League championship, a shared title in 1991. In fact, the last time they won the league title by themselves, their head coach was just a baby–it was 1985. Thanks to a 1-1 draw with Long […]

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The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team is ranked No. 6 in the nation and, as expected, took care of business against Compton to remain undefeated in the Moore League. The Jackrabbits (14-2) actually got their toughest league test of the season in a 63-23 win over Compton. Poly was led by Kalaya Buggs’ 16 […]