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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

20241015 562 092
Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan St. Anthony Volleyball Wilson

CIF Volleyball: Five Long Beach Schools Ready For Playoffs This Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The CIF Southern Section released its playoff brackets Saturday morning, and now five Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams know their playoff path. Four Moore League teams along with St. Anthony will open up play on Tuesday and […]

Screen Shot 2019 09 08 At 6.14.46 Pm
Long Beach Poly Millikan Volleyball

Girls’ Volleyball: Millikan Puts Five-Set Scare Into Long Beach Poly

Mike Guardabascio

It looked like the 2019 Moore League girls’ volleyball season might be a two-month coronation for Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits are No. 4 in the first CIF-Southern Section Division 1 rankings of the year and have been competitive with nationally-ranked Marymount and Redondo Union. But any fears about a thrill-free volleyball season were put […]

Dsc 0003a
Long Beach Poly Volleyball

CIF Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Falls to Aliso Niguel

Julian A. Lopez

The roller coaster season for the Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team took yet another unexpected turn on Thursday morning. 10 hours before its scheduled CIF Southern Section Division II First Round playoff game at Aliso Niguel, Jackrabbits coach Megan Moenoa received a phone call: Five varsity players had to quarantine due to possible COVID-19 […]