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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PREVIEW: Millikan at Culver City CIF Girls’ Volleyball

Mike Guardabascio

Division 3: Millikan @ Culver City, 6 p.m. It wasn’t the regular season that the Rams (18-13) were hoping for, as they fell to fourth place in the Moore League after having forced a third-place tie with Wilson in 2017. That said, the playoffs are a chance to bounce back, although they’ll have their hands […]

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Long Beach High School Girls’ Soccer Preview

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Things are going to happen fast in this 2023-24 Long Beach high school girls’ soccer season. The referee situation and shifts in schedules means there will be fewer non-league games before the Moore League starts on Nov. 30. That means a marquee game like when Wilson travels to Long Beach Poly on Dec. 7 will […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Five

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation 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 […]