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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The562.org’s College Athletes of the Week

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Congratulations to our college Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Katie Kennedy, Long Beach State Volleyball The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team improved to 6-5 with an upset of No. 21 University of San Diego last week, their first Top 25 win in five seasons. […]

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CIF Girls’ Volleyball: St. Anthony Bounces Back To Beat Oak Hills

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It would be an understatement to say the St. Anthony girls’ volleyball team made an abrupt turnaround after the first set of their CIF Southern Section Division 5 quarterfinal at home on Wednesday night. Oak Hills dominated in a 25-13 first set victory, but the Saints flipped the script to finish off the visiting Bulldogs […]

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Women’s Volleyball: Long Beach State Drops Close Battle With UCSB

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. The start of Big West Conference play left the Long Beach State (7-5, 1-1) women’s volleyball team in a familiar position. The Beach have delivered some big wins this season–like the five-setter they got against Cal […]