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 Basketball: Samiya Terry Drops 30 As Wilson Rolls

Mike Guardabascio

STORY & VIDEO BY MATT SIMON Wilson senior Samiya Terry scored a career-high 30 points and the Bruin girls basketball team defeated Bell Gardens 70-30 on Saturday in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3A playoffs. Terry had everything going as she pulled up from behind the arc or pulled up for an off […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our final Athletes of the Week of the school year and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Ricky Tiedemann, Lakewood Baseball Recent San Diego State commit and Lakewood ace Ricky Tiedemann won MVP honors at last week’s Kiwanis All Star Baseball Game between the Moore League and the San […]

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LB In NFL: Pro Bowl Voting Closes Thursday

Mike Guardabascio

Six Long Beach products in the NFL are hoping for your votes as the fan voting concludes on Thursday night, so if you haven’t already, visit nfl.com and vote for Poly alums JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jayon Brown, Jurrell Casey, DeSean Jackson, and Jamize Olawale, and Wilson alum Joel Bitonio. Fan voting makes up one third of […]