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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All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Margins of error are minuscule in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 boys’ water polo semifinals, and Wilson was reacquainted with that lesson on Wednesday night at Woollett Aquatic Center. A few self-inflicted Wilson miscues opened the […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Basketball: Positive COVID-19 Tests Pause Long Beach Poly Until Jan. 14

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Positive COVID-19 tests in the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball program have shut the team down until Jan. 14, head coach Shelton Diggs said Monday morning. The Jackrabbits were crowned Gold Division co-champions at the Damien Classic last week but were unable to play in their final scheduled game due to the positive tests. Poly […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Upsets UC Irvine In Overtime

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Lessons from the school of hard knocks are paying dividends for Long Beach State men’s basketball. After starting the Big West Conference schedule with a handful of close losses, and a season-ending injury for star guard Joel Murray, the Beach […]