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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Golf: Wilson’s Sverduk Wins Moore League Championship

Matt Simon

Wilson’s Emi Sverduk has had a lot of time to think about last year’s Moore League girls individual championship.  After her loss on the final hole of last year’s tournament, Sverduk was dominant in the first two rounds of the 2021 tournament and sat comfortably with a seven-stroke lead heading into the final round at […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, presented by Naples Rib Company.  HIGH SCHOOL Devin Samples, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly sophomore Devin Samples isn’t the biggest guy on the field, but he had the biggest performance of the first week of the season. He led Poly to a 27-21 overtime […]

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TONIGHT: Long Beach Athletes At CIF State Track & Field Meet

Mike Guardabascio

Fifteen Long Beach athletes will compete in nine events at the 100thannual CIF State Track & Field Finals in Clovis. Long Beach Poly’s girls’ team is one of the three teams expected to compete for the state championship and they’ll race the other favorites, Serra and Calabasas, head to head in the 4×100 and the […]