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 volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty-May Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The schedule has been set for the finals of the Tae Kim Lakewood/Molten Classic this weekend, with the top five teams in the Moore League all competing for some kind of championship. Division 1 (Artesia High) […]

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The Long Beach State men’s basketball team has logged a lot of travel miles in the last 12 years under coach Dan Monson. He took his team around the country to play some of the best programs and put his program on the map, but a contract extension last year included a shift in philosophy […]

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Long Beach State women’s golf hosted the Gold Rush at Old Ranch Country Club this week and finished in the middle of the pack while USC took the team title by shooing even par. “It was great to be back home hosting, seeing friends, and foes but more importantly our fans,” LBSU coach Joey Cerulle […]