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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Massive Long Beach Football Preview 

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Words by Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson, Eli Aquino, Nina Fife, and Matt Simon; photo by Joseph Kling. It’s football season in Long Beach, and we couldn’t be more excited. The city has the most talent it’s had in […]

Girls basketball preview
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LONG BEACH GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Mike Guardabascio

Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s shaping up to be a special girls’ basketball season in Long Beach, with three teams making appearances in the CIF Southern Section rankings to start the year as well as the reigning Moore League Player of the Year and more than half of last year’s first team All-League players […]

Girls volleyball preview
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PREVIEW: Lakewood vs. Long Beach Poly Girls’ Volleyball

Mike Guardabascio

Tuesday afternoon features one of the two most-anticipated girls’ volleyball matches of the year on the local schedule, as Lakewood hosts Long Beach Poly in a match between the two highest-ranked teams in the Moore League. The Lancers and Jackrabbits have won the last seven league championships, and are the only local teams in the […]