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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SCOREBOARD: CIF-SS Girls’ Water Polo First Round

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All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Three local girls’ water polo teams opened the CIF-SS playoffs on Tuesday as Millikan, Poly and Lakewood were all in action. Division 3 Millikan 23, La Quinta 3 CLICK HERE to read about the Rams’ first-round blowout […]

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Girls’ Volleyball: Lakewood Sweeps Wilson in First-Place Battle

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. For the second straight night, the Lakewood Lancers […]

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Top Moments #2: Long Beach Runs The Track World

Mike Guardabascio

It was another golden spring for the Long Beach track and field world, with another big helping of team and individual championships coming to the city. Long Beach Poly and Wilson led the way, as expected, with the Trackrabbits winning the boys’ CIF-SS Division 1 team championship and the girls’ runner up. Wilson had the […]