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 Athletes Will Pack CIF-SS Track Finals

Mike Guardabascio

The CIF Southern Section track and field championships aren’t being held in Long Beach this weekend, but they’re going to have a distinctly LBC feel—that’s because six local schools placed 33 entries in the finals. The finals will be at El Camino College beginning at 11 a.m. with running events beginning at 1 p.m. Long […]

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Long Beach Volleyball Teams Learn CIF-SS Playoff Fate

Mike Guardabascio

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. Five Long Beach high school volleyball teams learned where their playoff roads will begin on Saturday with the release of the CIF Southern Section’s girls’ volleyball playoff brackets. As expected, Lakewood was a top […]

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Long Beach Football Schedule Week One

Mike Guardabascio

WEEK 1 AUGUST 23 Cabrillo @ Bellflower  Compton @ Compton Centennial (5 p.m.) Jordan @ Kennedy Lakewood vs. Camarillo Millikan vs. Carson St. Anthony vs. Valley Christian Wilson vs. Mayfair (Thursday @ Bellflower High) BYE: Long Beach Poly