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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Screen Shot 2022-08-11 at 11.35.32 AM copy
Long Beach Poly Volleyball

Long Beach Poly Girls’ Volleyball Preview 2022

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation It wasn’t the year that Megan Moenoa was hoping for in her debut season coaching at Long Beach Poly. The talent-rich […]

Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 1.33.45 PM
Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Volleyball Wilson

Long Beach Poly Wins First Moore League Beach Volleyball Title

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly beach volleyball team claimed the first Moore League championship in the sport thanks to a one-loss run through the four-team league this season. The Jackrabbits dropped two matches but were atop the league at 10-2 in the best-of-five format, which featured much of the league’s young indoor talent. First-year coach Meaghan […]

DSC_0432a
Long Beach State Volleyball

No. 1 Long Beach State Sweeps Ohio State

Mike Guardabascio

It was another statement weekend for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which posted dominant sweeps of Penn State and Ohio State in the Pyramid while hosting the AVCA Showcase. On Saturday evening in front of nearly 2,000 fans, Long Beach State swept the Buckeyes, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21. To date, Long Beach State is […]