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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Words can be disingenuous, but statistics don’t lie. Long Beach State let their performance do the talking on Sunday at George Allen Field in a 4-1 victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara. The win moves the Beach (6-3-2, 1-0-1) into […]