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’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. An up-tempo style carried Long Beach State men’s basketball to a Big West Conference regular season championship last season, the Beach is trying to use the same recipe this year. LBSU (7-8, 1-2) is ranked 10th nationally in average tempo […]

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Baseball: Long Beach Poly, Skjonsby Power Past Jordan 

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If Long Beach Poly is going to win an unprecedented third consecutive Moore League baseball championship, the Jackrabbits are going to have to get a lot of big performances from senior Ryan Skjonsby. On the opening night of league play Wednesday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, they got one, as Skjonsby starred on the […]

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PHOTOS: Long Beach State Dirtbags Drop Series Opener To CSUF

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The Long Beach State Dirtbags dropped the series opener to Cal State Fullerton 9-3 on Thursday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. CSUF (31-22, 17-5 Big West) scored in six different innings and had seven extra-base hits. LBSU (26-29, 11-11 Big West) got three hits from leadoff hitter Clayton Andrews, but stranded nine runners on […]