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 State Volleyball

Long Beach State Volleyball Shows Fight In UCLA Loss

Mike Guardabascio

After the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team’s four-set loss to UCLA, junior libero/hitter Hailey Harward was seated at a black table waiting for the postmatch press conference to begin. She banged the table and leaned over to head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer. “Ah! We’re so close,” she said. Indeed, the 49ers were tantalizingly close to […]

St. Anthony Volleyball
St. Anthony Volleyball

CIF Volleyball: St. Anthony Makes History With Semifinal Appearance

Mike Guardabascio

This Wednesday in their home gym, St. Anthony’s boys’ volleyball team will host Los Altos in the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinals. The 6 p.m. start time for the Saints will be a historic moment–it’s the first time that St. Anthony’s boys team has made a semifinals appearance. The No. 2 seeded Saints will have a […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

PREVIEW: Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Returns to Court

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has a proud and trophy-laden history that dates back decades. Throughout that time, the Beach (formerly the 49ers) have run essentially the same warmup, a nationally-known progression of drills that began under head coach Brian Gimmillaro, who won three NCAA titles. Last weekend, fifth-year head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer […]