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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The Big West Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament semifinal tonight at 6 against UC Santa Barbara at Dollar Loan Center Arena in Henderson, Nevada could end up being the biggest challenge of the week for No. 1 seed Long Beach State. UCSB, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, snapped the Beach’s 11-game winning streak in […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. University, CIF Boys’ Lacrosse

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CIF Boys’ Lacrosse: Long Beach Poly vs. University Long Beach Poly made school history, hosting and winning its first ever playoff game in lacrosse to advance to the CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinals.For more c… Support The562.org

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CIF Water Polo: Wilson, Millikan, Poly, Lakewood Start Playoffs This Week

Mike Guardabascio

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Long Beach got a good series of draws in the CIF Southern Section girls’ water polo playoff brackets released on Monday morning. Division 1 Wilson received the No. 4 seed in the Division 1 playoffs, […]