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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STORY: Long Beach Poly Volleyball Sweeps Past Mira Costa Into Quarterfinals

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Long Beach Poly’s girls’ volleyball team didn’t just dominate Mira Costa in a sweep in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. The Jackrabbits dominated in their way, with physicality at the net and a ton of weapons all over the court. Poly prevailed at home against the Mustangs 25-20, 25-20, 25-23. “Our […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball Drops Five-Set Match to Penn State

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was dealt its first loss of the season in a tightly-played thriller against Penn State Saturday evening in the Walter Pyramid. It was fitting that the match was so even as the Beach entered the night ranked No. 3 in the nation, while they Nittany Lions were No. […]

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PHOTOS: Millikan vs Long Beach Poly Volleyball

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year […]