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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Basketball Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wilson

Boys’ Basketball: First Place Battle Between Long Beach Poly, Millikan on Friday

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly defeated Wilson and Millikan took down Lakewood on Wednesday afternoon to set up a first-place Moore League clash on Friday evening at Poly at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are undefeated at 5-0 in league. The Jackrabbits defeated Wilson 79-60 on a night that saw them get big contributions from several players, with […]

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Water Polo Wilson

CIF Girls’ Water Polo: Wilson Wins Big In First Round

JJ Fiddler

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Wilson has unrivaled aquatic history, but the girls’ water polo game on Wednesday night was historic for a different reason. The Bruins won their first CIF Southern Section playoff game since 2018 by beating Redondo Union in […]

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Football St. Anthony

Football: St. Anthony Falls To Warren

Mike Guardabascio

STORY BY MATT SIMON In a battle of potent passing games, the St Anthony football team fell 44-27 to Warren on Friday night at Clark Field. Warren’s quarterback Dylan Guerra threw for 363 yards and four touchdowns as the Bears’ offense was humming from the start. On the game’s opening play, Guerra connected with Xavier […]