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.
The562’s coverage of volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty-May Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.
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 […]