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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Long Beach State Dirtbags Shutout By CSUN

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The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2025 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. There are nights when the Long Beach State Dirtbags look like they want to win, and then there are nights like Saturday. After posting a season-high in hits and scoring 13 runs the night before, the Dirtbags were […]

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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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CIF Boys’ Lacrosse: Long Beach Poly Wins First Round Clash vs. Compton

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. In what looked like a regular season Moore League contest, both Long Beach Poly and Compton put their seasons on the line Tuesday evening. The Jackrabbits hosted a rare league rematch in the first round of the CIF-SS boys’ lacrosse playoffs, and emerged victorious by […]