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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Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State Can’t Hang On To Lead In Loss To Sac State

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State looked primed and ready to win their first contest Saturday afternoon. After having their game moved to the Gold Mine due to heavy rain that made the Walter Pyramid unavailable, the Beach won their first quarter […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. This is our final awards for 2021; AOTW will return after the winter break. HIGH SCHOOL Sierra Sythe, Millikan Soccer Millikan’s Sierra Sythe earns a second consecutive AOTW honor for another big performance last week. Sythe scored […]

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Badminton: Cabrillo Continues Fine Season At Moore League Finals

Matt Simon

The Cabrillo badminton team continued their Moore League dominance this season, capturing three titles at the Moore League finals that concluded Wednesday afternoon at Jordan High School. After their undefeated regular season, the Jaguars took the top spot in the girls’ singles, boys’ doubles and girls’ doubles events. On day one of competition on Monday, […]