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 Girls’ Water Polo Preview

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Last year was the best girls’ water polo season in Long Beach history–can 2018-19 top it? Last season Wilson won the first CIF-SS championship in the sport in city history, while Long Beach Poly brought home a silver CIF-SS plaque. This year looks to feature more big games and memorable moments–the Moore League schedule begins […]

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Baseball Preview: LBCC Looking For Third Straight Title

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Photo courtesy LBCC Entering his 26th season as the head coach at LBCC, Casey Crook is the seven-time conference coach of the year. He didn’t get to that point by mincing words, and he chooses not to in evaluating where the Vikings are a few weeks into the 2019 season. “Well we’re 2-6, so you’d […]