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

DSC_0319a
Lakewood Millikan Photos Softball

PHOTOS: Lakewood vs. Millikan, Softball

JJ Fiddler

Great action shots by Stephen Dachman from the Lakewood win over Millikan.

IMG_1659-scaled
Cabrillo Jordan Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Swimming Wilson

Long Beach Girls’ Swimming Season Preview 2023

JJ Fiddler

The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The tides have changed again in Moore League girls’ swimming. After Long Beach Poly grabbed the league’s top spot from […]

AJ2Y1881
Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Homecoming Game

JJ Fiddler

Despite looking a little hungover after their battle with No. 21 UCLA on Friday night, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team finished strong on Saturday afternoon to defeat Menlo College 78-57 in the annual Homecoming exhibition in front of 3,888 fans at Walter Pyramid. “I don’t think we handled the back-to-back games very well […]