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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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Season Opener

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The recipe for playing fast was cooking on Monday night in Long Beach State’s season opening win at Cal Baptist 79-64. “It feels good to start 1-0,” said LBSU guard Joel Murray, who finished with 12 points, five rebounds, four […]

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Basketball Compton

Boys’ Basketball: Compton Drops Frustrating Game To Rancho Verde

Mike Guardabascio

Tuesday night’s first-round Bosco Winter Classic between Compton and Rancho Verde’s boys’ basketball teams was a clash of two styles, between a Compton team that wants to rebound and go and a Mustangs team that wants to grind and play deliberate defense. Compton got suckered into playing RV’s way and couldn’t ever speed the game […]

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Basketball Jordan Wilson

Boys’ Basketball: Jordan Stays Undefeated In Moore League

Matt Simon

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Jordan boys’ basketball has used its superior pace to score a 94-70 win at Wilson on Friday night to move to 10-0 in the Moore League for the first […]