Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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 Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. 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 […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Schedule

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The first full week of the winter CIF Southern Section playoffs continues today, with girls’ basketball and soccer getting started with their first rounds. Good luck to all nine teams getting their postseason journeys started. Thursday, February 12CIF-SS Girls’ Basketball First Round Division 1: St. Anthony at Oaks Christian, 7pm Division 4: Jordan vs. Roosevelt, […]

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Electric Atmosphere Powers Long Beach State’s 17-0 Start

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A wave went up in the Walter Pyramid, and records came down. It was a historic weekend for the No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which rewrote the history books during a pair of sweeps against No. 8 Stanford and St. Francis. The more than 2,000 fans in attendance for the win over […]