Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Avalon High School Girls’ Volleyball

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Avalon volleyball coach Carlos Martinez Jr. had perhaps the team in Southern California that was most ready to get back on the court this season after the full year off due to COVID-19. His Lancers have been the best team on Catalina Island the last few years, and were the CIF Southern Section championship runner-ups […]

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Long Beach Volleyball Teams Learn CIF-SS Playoff Fate

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. Five Long Beach high school volleyball teams learned where their playoff roads will begin on Saturday with the release of the CIF Southern Section’s girls’ volleyball playoff brackets. As expected, Lakewood was a top […]

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Franklin Defeats Lindbergh in All-City Division 3 Championship

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The Franklin boys’ soccer team flexed their experience on Tuesday as they defeated Lindbergh 7-1 on their way to capture the LBUSD boys’ soccer Division 3 title at Long Beach City College.  Andres Rocha was a star for the Wildcats, as he scored four goals in the first half to put the game out of […]