Author: 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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TONIGHT: Long Beach Poly vs. Ventura, CIF Girls’ Soccer Quarterfinals

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Long Beach Poly will host Ventura in a CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinal game at Cabrillo High at 5 p.m. Both teams wanted to play under the lights, which necessitated the move from Poly to Cabrillo. Click here to check out our coverage of the soccer season so far–we’ll be at Cabrillo with live updates, an […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

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Skylar Herrera, Long Beach Poly Soccer Long Beach Poly battled its way into the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals with a pair of wins, both of which included a goal from Oregon State signee Skylar Herrera. Her goal against Palos Verdes in the first round was one of the best of the year, curling from outside […]

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CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Lynwood In Thriller

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Before Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 second round girls’ basketball playoff game between Long Beach Poly and Lynwood started, the Ron Palmer Pavilion had the air of a family reunion. Poly coach Carl Buggs coached at Lynwood for 16 years and his wife and top assistant coach, Lakeisha Buggs, is a Lynwood alum. Before […]