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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Each year, we award the Spirit of Long Beach to a person or group of people who move us, and who we feel we’ll remember for years to come when we look back. This year, the Spirit of Long Beach is going to a large group, but one that rarely gets mentioned in print: administrators, […]

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It had been almost 40 years since the Millikan football team had been to back-to-back quarterfinals, but that’s where the Rams found themselves on Friday night. Despite their best efforts the run didn’t extend to the semifinals after a hard-fought loss to Culver City, 43-30. The loss is the end of the line for 23 […]

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Long Beach Boys’ Volleyball Preview

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The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. Local boys’ volleyball has run through Wilson High for the past two seasons. […]