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 Soccer Blanked By No. 5 BYU

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STORY BY MATT SIMON In their last tune-up before Big West play, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team went blow-to-blow with No. 5 BYU in the first half of their contest Thursday night at George Allen Field. But in the second half the Cougars (9-0) broke through the 49ers’ defense to take a 3-0 […]

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ROUNDUP: Long Beach Football, Week 5

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Here is our comprehensive coverage from the first Friday night of Moore League action for Long Beach high school football teams. Enjoy great coverage by Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Alex Carmon, Shar Higa, Stephen Dachman, Art O’Neil, John Napalan, Joseph Kling, Jesse Lopez and Bobby Hauck. Long Beach Poly 46, Millikan 15 READ MORE bout […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Baseball, Softball CIF Playoffs First Round Today

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The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr The CIF Southern Section baseball and softball brackets feature nine Long Beach teams looking to make a postseason run after exciting league seasons. All games at 3:15 p.m. today unless otherwise noted. BASEBALL In […]