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.
Six Long Beach high school softball teams have qualified for the CIF Southern Section playoffs that begin this week, but only two of them are playing first round games at home. Lakewood (25-3, 12-0) won its 10th Moore League championship in the last 12 years, and will start the Division 2 playoffs as the No. […]