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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Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. This is our final awards for 2021; AOTW will return after the winter break. HIGH SCHOOL Sierra Sythe, Millikan Soccer Millikan’s Sierra Sythe earns a second consecutive AOTW honor for another big performance last week. Sythe scored […]

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