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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LBSU Notebook: Women’s Hoops Remains Unbeaten Atop Big West

Tyler Hendrickson

It took about seven-and-a-half minutes for Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team to shake off the rust from a three-week hiatus, but once the Beach found its groove, the results were the same: wins. LBSU picked up a pair of victories last weekend over new Big West rival UC San Diego, improving to 9-1 overall […]

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All-Moore League Boys’ Soccer 2022-23

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. Congrats to the All-Moore League honorees in boys’ soccer, as selected by the league’s head coaches.

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Two

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. We’re entering the third year of the new CIF-SS playoff format, and Long Beach teams made five CIF-SS championship appearances over the last two years under the competitive equity system. Clearly it’s been a big benefit to local schools with several teams making […]