Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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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The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. We’ve got some great shots from Wilson’s win over […]

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The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Just like they did a year ago, Lakewood and Compton will clash to open Moore League action.  Lakewood (2-2) heads to Compton after a big win against Mayfair last week to reclaim the Milk Bucket trophy for the first time in over […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule: Boys’ Basketball, Soccer

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The playoffs open for 11 Long Beach boys’ basketball and soccer teams today–we’ll have live updates and coverage from several games. Boys’ Basketball (All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted) Division 1: St. Anthony @ Dominguez Division 2AA: Long Beach Poly vs. Villa Park Division 2AA: Compton @ Oxnard Division 2A: Lakewood vs. […]