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 Jackrabbits finalized their nonleague schedule this week and will face Narbonne, Los Alamitos, Serra, and Corona Centennial in 2019. The game against the Huskies is the only one that wasn’t under contract–the other three have produced memorable matchups. The addition of Corona Centennial is proof that Poly is once again seeking to play a […]

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The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. After a dominant regular season the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team feels prepared for any situation. Not even lineup shuffles and big early deficits could slow the Vikings down as they defeated Bakersfield College 25-21, 25-9, 26-24 in the second […]