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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STANDINGS: Long Beach Boys’ Basketball, Week 8

Mike Guardabascio

After eight weeks of action here’s where things stand in the Long Beach boys’ basketball world with a list of this week’s games below the standings box. Note: Standings based on reported results. Coaches can report scores/weekly results as well as schedule listings to Mike@The562.org. — — This week’s games MONDAY Jordan vs Wilson, 7pm […]

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Long Beach State Wins Scrappy Battle Against Pepperdine, Women’s Basketball

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. As Thanksgiving break came to a close, Long Beach State returned to the Walter Pyramid for another women’s basketball match up. After two consecutive […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Eleven

Mike Guardabascio

With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]