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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The winter playoffs begin in earnest tonight for a ton of Long Beach teams with opening round contests for boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer, and girls’ water polo. Boys’ Basketball Division 4AA: Jordan vs. Montclair, 7 p.m. Division 1: St. Anthony at Damien, 7 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach Poly at Mater Dei, 7 p.m. Division […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Lakewood Cruises Past Millikan in League Opener

Tyler Hendrickson

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. Expectations are high for Lakewood girls’ basketball this season. So much so that a 57-30 win over Millikan in Friday’s Moore League opener didn’t satisfy head coach […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Drops Big West Opener In Overtime

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. This season has been full of chances for Long Beach State men’s basketball to show it’s ready for primetime in the clutch moments, but Thursday night was a wasted opportunity. After an extremely close contest, a last-second bucket sunk LBSU in […]