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.
Not only did Long Beach State women’s soccer win its second Big West Conference Tournament in the last three years, the Beach is also returning to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time since 2008. That puts LBSU amongst the best programs in the west region: “It’s tradition and culture,” LBSU coach Mauricio Ingrassia said. […]