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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It’s the fifth anniversary of the biggest blowout in Moore League history, when Long Beach Poly defeated Compton 99-9 in a game that drew national attention and controversy for its lopsided score. While it’s not likely that there will be a similar result when the Jackrabbits (4-3, 3-0) visit Compton (4-3, 1-2), this is always […]

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Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State Finishes Off UC Riverside

Dante Williams

In a game were they leading from the opening tip to the final buzzer, Long Beach State women’s basketball defeated UC Riverside 56-46 Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. The win moves the Beach to 13-2 overall with a 6-1 record in Big West play placing them alone atop the conference standings. “Gutsy win tonight. It […]

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Girls’ Water Polo: CIF-SS Playoff Brackets Announced

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The 2023 CIF-SS girls’ water polo brackets were released on Saturday morning, and as expected the Moore League has a number of teams in position to make deep playoff runs over the next two weeks. Five teams from the Moore […]