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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2024 Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 8 Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Hosts National Championship

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Back in May, Walter Pyramid once again hosted the final matches of the NCAA Men’s Volleyball season, and a national champion was crowned in Long Beach. Unfortunately for the Beach, they ended up on the losing side of the championship match, falling to UCLA 25-21, 25-20, 27-29, 25-21. The victory gave the Bruins their 21st […]

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CIF Volleyball: Five Long Beach Schools Ready For Playoffs This Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The CIF Southern Section released its playoff brackets Saturday morning, and now five Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams know their playoff path. Four Moore League teams along with St. Anthony will open up play on Tuesday and […]

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Naples Car Wash Sponsors The562.Org’s Long Beach State Volleyball Coverage Again

JJ Fiddler

The562.org is pleased to announce that another Long Beach company has returned as a sport-specific sponsor. Naples Car Wash has stepped up again to sponsor all of The562’s coverage of the Long Beach State men’s and women’s volleyball programs through the 2023-24 school year. “I love Long Beach State volleyball and I love the 562’s […]