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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The playoffs continue for three girls’ basketball and soccer teams today–we’ll have live updates and coverage from the games. Be sure to come back tonight for full coverage! Girls’ Soccer (Second round) Division 1: Millikan @ Los Al, 6 p.m. Division 2: Wilson @ Hart, 3 p.m. Girls’ Basketball (Second round) Division 1: Long Beach […]