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.
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson took down Millikan on Monday night in five sets. The Bruins won 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 25-27, 15-12, improving their record to […]
There is nowhere for the reigning NCAA National Champions to hide. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will end up challenging some of the best programs in the country twice this year before hosting the 2019 NCAA Final Four May 2-4 at Walter Pyramid. January 19 at No. 2 UCLA LBSU is returning to […]