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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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The back-and-forth game came down to the wire and Long Beach State found themselves on the wrong end of a 73-72 loss to UC Riverside on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid as the Highlanders sunk the game-winner with just 0.8 […]