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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Volleyball: Wilson Sweeps Redondo Union

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson’s trend of sweeping competitive teams continued on Wednesday night as they defeated Redondo Union 25-16, 26-15, 25-23.  Wilson entered […]

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Swimming: Long Beach Poly Girls Make History With Fifth Straight Title

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The Long Beach Poly girls’ swim team made history on Thursday evening at Cabrillo High, as the Jackrabbits won their fifth consecutive Moore League championship. Prior to the Jackrabbits’ current streak, they’d never won more than two straight league titles. This year’s league finals featured lots of great racing but not much drama in the […]