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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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Justin Rene, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly went 3-2 last week, losing to St. John Bosco in the third-place game of the Bosco Ghar Winter Classic. Senior Justin Rene had a great week, averaging […]

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Long Beach State Notebook: Men’s Volleyball, Dirtbags Take On USC

JJ Fiddler

The Long Beach State Dirtbags (3-16) got a leadoff home run from Riki DeSa at USC on Tuesday night, but the rest of the game belonged to the Trojans (8-11) as LBSU suffered a 5-2 loss at Dedeaux Field. It was DeSa’s first career home run, and the junior transfer from Hawaii later added a […]

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Mark Edrington Moving Long Beach State COVID-19 Plan Along

JJ Fiddler

The news that Long Beach State had received permission from the city of Long Beach to bring back 10 spring sports transformed a lot of preparation into action, and longtime employee Mark Edrington is representing the athletics department on the COVID-19 action team. “Our situation is constantly fluid,” Edrington said. “With safety in mind you […]