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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Friday is a big day for Long Beach high schools, as football playoffs kick off and girls’ tennis playoffs continue. Click here for our previews of the football games. Football (First Round,  games 7:30 p.m. unless noted) Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs. Trabuco Hills (Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.) Division 6: Millikan @ Camarillo […]

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Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee has been talking for a year about how special his team’s defense this year is, and wishing for them to get a chance to prove it on the field. They proved it and then some in a dominant effort against Lakewood on Friday night, holding the Lancers to […]

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PREVIEW: Jordan vs. Fairfax, Football

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The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. The Jordan Panthers will put their unbeaten record on the line tonight as they host Fairfax at 7 p.m. Both teams enter this contest at 2-0, but they’ve arrived there in very different ways. Jordan has had to come from behind late […]