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.
The Millikan Rams have more to replace than just a decorated graduation class after the transfers of pitcher Tyler Conant and center fielder Caleb Brandon. That leaves pitching and depth as the primary concern for Millikan this season. Last year, Rams pitchers gave up a total of 29 runs in the final five Moore League […]
There’s not much left on the to-do list for legendary Lakewood baseball coach Spud O’Neill. Now in his 37th year coaching the Lancers, O’Neill has won 891 games, won CIF-SS championships and Moore League championships by the armload, and has coached several Major Leaguers. Asked what he’s excited about this year, he didn’t say becoming […]
It’s the end of practice before Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball’s biggest week of the Moore League season, with games looming against Lakewood, Wilson, and Millikan. The Jackrabbits haven’t lost a league game in 12 years, and longtime head coach Carl Buggs is determined to keep it that way. He calls his team together, with […]
