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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Long Beach State Dirtbags Retire Jered Weaver No. 36  In Pregame Ceremony

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The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2024 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. There are plenty of reasons why Jered Weaver and his No. 36 are the first and only Long Beach State Dirtbags player jersey to be retired on the wall at Bohl Diamond and Blair Field. Obviously the biggest […]

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PODCAST: We Love Dramatic Long Beach High School Baseball

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This week on the show we’re talking about how incredibly amazing Long Beach high school baseball has been this season before catching up with stars and coaches from around the city. 02:00 The best things we’ve seen this week 07:00 Wilson football hires new/old coach Scott Meyer 18:00 Millikan baseball pitcher Myles Patton 20:30 LB […]

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CIF Volleyball: Wilson, Poly Advance to Semifinals

Mike Guardabascio

A great year for boys’ volleyball in Long Beach isn’t over yet—Moore League champion Wilson and second-place Poly both advanced to this Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinals by virtue of Wednesday wins in the quarterfinals. Wilson def. Westlake 26-24, 21-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-12 The Bruins were on the road for their quarterfinal, and […]