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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The final piece of the puzzle was set today for new coach Chris Acker and Long Beach State men’s basketball. Acker was hired in April, hired his coaches in May and finished filling out the roster with mostly local transfers […]

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LIVE UPDATES: High School Football, Long Beach Poly Football vs Lincoln, Wilson vs Marina, Jordan vs Kennedy

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. It’s week two for the 2024 high school football season and The562 will be out in force covering games. Follow along with live score updates from the sidelines and come back for full coverage with game recaps, highlight videos, and […]

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Long Beach Basketball Roundup

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We’ve got all the scores and links to our photo galleries and stories from Monday’s action. Boys’ Basketball Long Beach Poly 74, Wilson 52 >> The Jackrabbits remain the only undefeated team in the Moore League with a win over the Bruins. CLICK HERE for our photo gallery. Compton 68, Jordan 53 >> Compton is […]