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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Season Preview: Millikan Rams Football

Mike Guardabascio

There was plenty of hand-wringing in Ram Land earlier this year when football coach Justin Utupo stepped down to pursue collegiate opportunities (he’s an assistant at Azusa Pacific this season). The nervousness was well-founded. With the energetic young Utupo at the helm, Millikan went from a 1-9 season to being the second-best team in Long […]

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Football: Defense Leads Millikan To Gutsy Win at Carson

Mike Guardabascio

ARTICLE & VIDEO BY TYLER HENDRICKSON The Millikan defense was repeatedly put to the test during Friday night’s season opener at Carson, and each time the Rams were able to rise to the occasion and preserve a 7-3 victory on the road. “If we keep playing defense like that and clean up the offense, we’re […]

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Feature: Long Beach Poly’s Allanah Cutler Powering Jackrabbits

Mike Guardabascio

When Long Beach Poly senior and West Point signee Allanah Cutler was younger, she got the nickname “Biggie,” a pun on the rapper “Biggie Smalls.” She was the second youngest and second smallest of her parents’ five children, but also the most mature. “I was the smallest but also the biggest,” she said. She’s been […]