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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Volleyball: Millikan Knocks Off Poly In Five-Set Thriller

Mike Guardabascio

The Millikan girls’ volleyball team hasn’t won the Moore League championship since 1996 and no one on the current Rams coaching staff was quite sure of the last time the team beat Long Beach Poly. Millikan did just that in a thrilling five-set match at home on Tuesday, sending a message to the rest of […]

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Long Beach State Softball Drops Big West Championship to Cal State Fullerton

Nina Fife

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State traveled to Fullerton for the final series of the 2024 season. This series would decide a Big West champion between the top two teams in the conference.  The Beach (25-29, 20-7) suffered a 4-1 loss on […]

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LB in MLB: J.P. Crawford Heating Up As Summer Approaches

Tyler Hendrickson

Now more than two months into the 2024 Major League Baseball season, storylines are beginning to take shape, and there’s already been a handful of memorable moments for Long Beach’s big league talent. Recently, it’s been former Lakewood Lancer J.P. Crawford, who is back healthy and producing for the Seattle Mariners. On May 29, Crawford […]