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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Long Beach Poly Water Polo

CIF Water Polo: Long Beach Poly Falls To Mission Viejo

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team was playing in the second round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs for the first time since 1979, and the Jackrabbits had a tall test: traveling to face Mission Viejo, the No. 1 seed in the Division 5 bracket. Poly battled but came up short in a […]

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Millikan Soccer

CIF Girls’ Soccer: Millikan Falls To Oaks Christian In Penalty Kick Shootout

JJ Fiddler

The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. It’s apropos that their final game of the season was scoreless, but a historic campaign came to a disappointing end for Millikan girls’ soccer on Wednesday as the […]

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Cabrillo Lakewood Soccer

Boys’ Soccer: Cabrillo, Lakewood Play To Scoreless Draw

JJ Fiddler

The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The defensive intensity that Cabrillo and Lakewood played with on Wednesday night proved why they’re both at the top of […]