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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Lakewood (3-2-1) is coming off of a surprisingly successful season despite some coaching turmoil. Alex Diaz is now officially the head coach, and he thinks his Lancers can improve on their impressive second-place finish. “I told the kids to just go out and compete to show everyone that last year was not a fluke,” Diaz […]