Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had just one thing in mind after they were swept by UC Irvine at home in front of a record crowd on Friday night: respond. The Beach weren’t happy with how they […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

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The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. Here’s a look at today’s CIF-SS playoff schedule for Long Beach teams, with two Moore League girls’ volleyball teams hitting the road for quarterfinal playoff games tonight at 6pm. For either team that wins the semifinals would be on Saturday. Wednesday, October 25 Division […]