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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Long Beach State Volleyball Drops First Match To USC

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team’s road match at USC on Saturday night had the feel of a high-drama movie. Unfortunately for Long Beach, that movie didn’t have the ending they wanted. The match was held in USC’s tiny North Gym, which has just 500 fixed seats. With the Trojan band blaring in the […]

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CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Wins Slugfest With Villa Park

Mike Guardabascio

Everything has a different edge in the playoffs, a fact that the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team was reminded of Friday night in their CIF-SS Division 2AA playoff opener against Villa Park. The two teams slugged it out defensively in the first half, and at the break just 26 points had been scored total. […]

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Season Preview: Millikan Boys’ Water Polo

Tyler Hendrickson

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. While the Wilson Bruins appear to be loaded sitting atop the Moore League, there’s a compelling battle to see which team will lead the chase pack this fall. Based on results from the abbreviated season in March, […]