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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This was the first year that Wilson junior Rachel Glenn tried her hand in the hurdles, and it ended in gold as Glenn won the 300 hurdles in 41.71. It was a fitting end for Glenn, who initially wanted nothing to do with the event. “I had to trick her into it,” said Wilson assistant […]

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This week on the show we’re talking about championships all over the city from the swimming pool to the baseball diamond and beyond. 02:00 The best things we’ve seen this week 14:00 Long Beach Poly baseball wins back-to-back league titles 25:00 Moore League swimming making history 36:30 Millikan boys’ tennis hosting CIF championship 39:15 St. […]