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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The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers Four Moore League girls’ volleyball teams learned their CIF Southern Section playoff paths on Saturday morning with the release of the CIF-SS postseason brackets.  Moore League co-champions Wilson and Long Beach Poly lead the way, as the […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Bryanna Moran, Jordan Basketball Bryanna Moran led Jordan to a big win at Wilson last week, scoring a […]