Author: 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 Grabs 58 Entries Into CIF-SS Track & Field Finals

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The562’s coverage of track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial  The city of Long Beach had an excellent day of qualifying at the CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims on Saturday. Of the 102 entries into Saturday’s prelims, 58 made it through to next weekend’s championship meet, which will be held at Moorpark […]

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Long Beach Athletes Prepare For CIF-SS Track & Field Prelims

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The562’s coverage of track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial  The city of Long Beach has an eye-popping 102 entrants into Saturday’s CIF Southern Section prelims, nearly all of them competing in Trabuco Hills at the Division 1 prelims, as well as St. Anthony competing in Division 4. There are team championship contenders at […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State Swept Out of NCAA Final Four By UCLA

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has picked up some signature postseason wins over UCLA in recent years. In 2018 the Beach beat the Bruins in Pauley Pavilion for the national championship, and last year […]

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Long Beach Poly Softball

CIF Softball: Long Beach Poly Beats Mira Costa in Playoff Opener

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The562’s high school softball coverage for the 2023 season is sponsored by Long Beach City Councilwoman Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management.  The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

NCAA Volleyball: Long Beach State on To Final Four After Beating Grand Canyon

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Things were tense for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Virginia on Tuesday, as they trailed Grand Canyon 1-0 after the first set, and were staring the end of […]

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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 Xcaret Tirado, Wilson Track & Field Wilson’s Xcaret Tirado wins a thrilling 800 at the Moore League Finals, […]