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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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Season Preview 2018

JJ Fiddler

Sometimes college teams struggle incorporating freshmen talent into a team with veteran experience, but that’s not been the case for the 2018 version of Long Beach State women’s soccer. “All of the freshmen have a chance to start,” All-Big West midfielder Katie Pingel said. “We have so much more confidence and better leadership this year.” […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball Sweeps UCSD Ahead of Hawaii Match

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. Before heading into one of their biggest games of the season on Friday evening, Long Beach State (8-5, 2-1) found themselves right where they wanted to be after sweeping UCSD (8-7, 0-3) Thursday night . LBSU handily won […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Come Back, Headed to Big West Semifinals

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State women’s basketball team survived a scare from No. 10-seed UC Riverside in the opening round of the Big West Tournament in Henderson, Nevada Wednesday evening. the Beach trailed 11 points in the fourth quarter but came […]