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 2022-01-18 at 9.49.31 AM
Athlete of the Week Basketball Long Beach Poly Long Beach State Soccer Wilson

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 support. HIGH SCHOOL Misha Hebert, Long Beach Poly Soccer Long Beach Poly’s Misha Hebert scored the game-winner for the Jackrabbits in the second-half of a 2-1 win over Wilson last week. The win keeps Poly in the title hunt […]

AN1A2227-1024x819-1
Long Beach State Softball

Long Beach State Notebook: Softball Hosting Big West Championship Series

JJ Fiddler

The Big West Conference softball championship will be decided at the LBSU Softball Complex this weekend when the Beach hosts Cal State Fullerton. LBSU (27-9, 19-2) is currently two games behind the Titans (38-12, 21-0) in the standings and can steal the conference title with a sweep. There will be doubleheaders starting at 1 p.m. […]

Myd-1183x642
Long Beach State

Long Beach State Names Interim Athletics Director Ted Kadowaki

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State President Jane Close Conoley has announced that Ted Kadowaki will serve as the interim athletics director after Andy Fee stepped down earlier this month. Kadowaki served as LBSU’s fiscal manager 1998-2005 before moving to the university’s […]