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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Basketball Long Beach Poly St. Anthony

TONIGHT: Long Beach Poly, St. Anthony Basketball Battle at Bosco

Mike Guardabascio

The two Division 1 boys’ basketball teams in town will meet tonight in the semifinals of the Bosco Winter Classic, at St. John Bosco High. Long Beach Poly (4-2) and St. Anthony (10-0) will square off for the right to face the winner of Bosco and Loyola in Saturday’s tournament championship. Both teams are in […]

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Long Beach State Soccer

Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Season Preview

JJ Fiddler

Despite losing a handful of decorated seniors that doubled as Big West Conference and tournament champions last year, Long Beach State women’s soccer is coming into the 2019 season both cohesive and confident. “Our chemistry is great,” 16th-year coach Mauricio Ingrassia said. “Everyone gets it, they’re understanding what we’re trying to do and there’s a […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State Volleyball Makes NCAA Tournament, Will Face Grand Canyon

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Things didn’t go to plan for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team at the Big West Tournament last weekend–when a coach is discussing “RPI” at the postgame press conference that’s usually the case–but the Beach still got […]