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 Wins National Championship!

Mike Guardabascio

It was a night they’ll be talking about for a long time. Inside their home arena, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team became the first program in school history to win back-to-back NCAA championships, taking down Hawaii in the Pyramid in a battle of the two best teams in the nation. Hawaii took the […]

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TONIGHT: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Hosts UCLA

Mike Guardabascio

In a game that’s expected to draw a huge crowd to the Walter Pyramid, the No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will host No. 4 UCLA at 7 p.m. on Saturday in another highly-anticipated rematch of last year’s NCAA title game. The two teams played earlier this year, with Long Beach sweeping the […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

Mike Guardabascio

Three Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams made the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals and all three are at home, trying to advance to Saturday’s semifinal matches. The562 will have coverage of all three games. Girls’ Volleyball Division 3: Long Beach Poly vs. St. Joseph, 6pm Division 4: Millikan vs. El Dorado, 6pm Division 5: Lakewood vs. […]