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 is pleased to announce that our coverage of Saints athletics for the 2022-23 school year will be sponsored in part by a donation from St. Anthony High School and some of its donors. “We absolutely love the coverage that we get from The562 and we’re lucky to have them working in Long Beach,” said […]

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Long Beach Girls’ Soccer Preview 2021-22

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This Long Beach girls’ soccer season is starting with a bang as old rivals Wilson and Poly play on the first day of Moore League action in a few weeks. Meanwhile, three-time defending league champions Millikan start the league season against rival Lakewood. Support The562.org Click here for our preview of Millikan Click here for […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.comto learn more. In front of a sellout crowd at the Walter Pyramid (the first since a whole pandemic ago), the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team lost a tight match with UCLA in four sets. The final score didn’t tell […]