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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Soccer Youth Sports

Long Beach FC Premier U9 Team Wins State Title

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The FC Premier U9 boys’ team won its first Cal South State Cup Championship in Norco by beating some of the best youth soccer teams in the nation over the last two months. FC Premier defeated Rialto Fire 5-0 in the quarterfinal, Total Futbol Academy 6-4 in the semifinal and Brazil Stars 3-0 in the […]

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Long Beach Poly

CIF Baseball: Long Beach Poly Beats Sage Hill

Mike Guardabascio

Going into Wednesday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 wild card game against Sage Hill, Long Beach Poly hadn’t won a postseason game since 2006. Plenty of NCAA Division 1 talent has come through the program since that ’06 win over Servite, but has come up empty in the playoffs. Wednesday the Jackrabbits flipped the […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. Leuzinger Football

Mike Guardabascio

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.  Long Beach Poly (3-0) faces a reverse trap game of sorts this week, fresh off their statement win over Mission Viejo last week. The Jackrabbits are now a consensus top five team […]