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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Long Beach State Hosts UC Davis In Historic Clash

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team is hosting UC Davis on Friday and Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Walter Pyramid with history on the line. The Beach and the Aggies are the last undefeated teams remaining in the Big West, with LBSU at 10-0 and UC Davis at 4-0. The Beach are off […]

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Compton Football

Football: Compton Drops First Game Of The Season At Paramount 

Sean Kenneally

The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Despite showing some flashes of brilliance throughout the game, Compton couldn’t put it all together in 47-29 loss at Paramount at Friday night. “A lot of good things tonight, but we still need to improve,” Compton coach Clavin Bryant said. “We […]

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Baseball Lakewood Wilson

Baseball: Lakewood Manufactures Win Over Wilson

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Lakewood offense didn’t make a ton of noise on Thursday evening, but the Lancers did just enough to win. Thanks to a two-run rally without the […]