Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Quarterfinal Going Away

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Joel Murray didn’t pick a time to take over the Big West Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The Long Beach State junior guard just did it. “I just play within the game and everything figures itself out,” Murray said. LBSU figured out how to speed the […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Drops First Big West Game to UC Davis

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team dropped its first Big West game of the season to conference favorite UC Davis on Friday evening. The Beach’s nationally-ranked defense played well enough, but a 3/22 3-point shooting performance highlighted their offensive woes in a 67-52 loss. “There was a lid on the rim,” said Long Beach […]

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Lacrosse Long Beach Poly

CIF Boys’ Lacrosse: Long Beach Poly Falls To ML King in Second Round

Nina Fife

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 is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. Long Beach Poly lost a tough one against ML King on Saturday afternoon […]