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 golf for the 2023 season is sponsored from Dan and Desiree Gooch. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The individual accolades keep rolling in for Wilson senior Alyson Sor. She won a third Moore League title last month, and this week she’s moving […]

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Football: Wilson’s Bobby Mooney Going To Georgia Tech Like His Dad

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Wilson offensive lineman Bobby Mooney knows he made his dad proud on Wednesday. Michael Paul Mooney was an offensive lineman at Georgia Tech where he helped them win a share of the 1990 National Championship before he was drafted by the Houston Oilers. He passed away in 2007. His son Bobby Mooney followed in his […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State Volleyball Star Alex Nikolov Going Pro, Leaves Beach

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Virtually since the moment Alex Nikolov took the court for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team this year as a star freshman, there were been questions swirling in the volleyball community about how long he’d be […]