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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Millikan and St. Anthony were the only Long Beach boys’ soccer teams to survive the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs on Wednesday. Millikan 1, Downey 0 The Rams (21-1-6) picked up their first Division 1 playoff win since 2016 thanks to Mason Igawa’s goal in the 77th minute at Veterans Memorial Stadium. […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Homecoming Game

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Despite looking a little hungover after their battle with No. 21 UCLA on Friday night, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team finished strong on Saturday afternoon to defeat Menlo College 78-57 in the annual Homecoming exhibition in front of 3,888 fans at Walter Pyramid. “I don’t think we handled the back-to-back games very well […]

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CIF Basketball: Compton Falls To Crescenta Valley

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The crumpled up piece of paper left on the ground of the Eddie Thomas Gymnasium was a story in itself for the Compton boys’ basketball team and its fans. Compton head coach Tony Thomas (Eddie’s son, by the way) tossed it there in frustration after one of several missed opportunities by his team down the […]