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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The Long Beach State men’s basketball team opened the MGM Resorts Main Event with a 90-58 loss at Arizona State on Monday. LBSU (1-2) only scored 16 points in the first half and shot 27 percent from the field. Junior Jordan Griffin had a team-high nine points. The Beach defense forced 18 turnovers and had […]

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VIDEO: Millikan vs. Palos Verdes, CIF Baseball

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The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr.

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Basketball Roundup: Playoff Picture Coming Into Focus

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Boys’ Basketball With three days of games left (Friday, next Tuesday and Thursday) it’s all but certain that Long Beach Poly will be the league champion–at 9-0, they’d need to lose all three games to end up tied with Compton. Below them, Compton and Millikan are in second and third with Wilson and Lakewood in […]