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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Football Jordan Lakewood

PREVIEW: Jordan vs. Lakewood, Moore League Football

JJ Fiddler

The Moore League opener at Jordan tonight at 7 between the Panthers and Lakewood Lancers will be a battle of very different offensive rushing attacks that have played very different competition. Jordan (3-1) is having its best start in a decade thanks to victories over lower division opponents Rancho Dominguez, Lynwood and Norwalk. Lakewood (0-3) […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Feature: Long Beach Poly Runs COVID-19 Basketball Gauntlet

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have dominated the Moore League for the last decade-plus, but in that time have never faced anything like the challenge they undertook over the last week. Both programs–like most programs in the city–had to deal with a COVID-19 shutdown. That necessitated a ton of rescheduled games, […]

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Cross Country Long Beach Poly Millikan

Cross Country: Jason Parra, Camille Lindsay Finish Season at CIF State Meet

Tyler Hendrickson

All of The562’s cross country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. Long Beach had a pair of runners competing at the CIF State Championships on Saturday, with Millikan’s Jason Parra and Poly’s Camille Lindsay running in their respective Division 1 races at Woodward Park in Fresno. […]