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.
The562’s Long Beach Poly and football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.
How do you say goodbye to the greatest class in Long Beach State history? That was the question confronting Alan Knipe with Saturday’s Long Beach State and Hawaii men’s volleyball match. Knipe made the decision to do the Senior Night ceremony after the match, betting that his team would pull off a second consecutive win […]
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