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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VIDEO: Compton Football Preview 2022

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The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562.

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Long Beach State, Wilson Volleyballers Win Bronze With USA

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A trio of Long Beach State men’s volleyball standouts spent the summer competing with the USA national team, as TJ DeFalco, Kyle Ensing, and Dustin Watten helped boost the USA to a bronze medal in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, a competition among the best countries in the world. The USA played its way into […]

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Girls’ Water Polo: Wilson Tops Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

Item one on the checklist for the Wilson girls’ water polo team this year was to win back the Moore League championship. The Bruins won every league championship fro 2007 to 2017 but lost it last year to league rival Poly, and Wilson has been hungry to reclaim a title they see as theirs. They […]