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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Long Beach State women’s tennis (6-6) was edged by Purdue 4-3 on Saturday at Rhodes Tennis Center. LBSU senior Lena Pacholski and freshman Sadaf Sadeghvaziri earned the lone win in doubles action. Pacholski also bounced back and defeated Silvia Ambrosio 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles match. Purdue won the next three matches. […]
Despite scoring first the Long Beach State Dirtbags (5-9) lost the first game of the weekend series at No. 8 Texas A&M 3-1. LBSU junior Jarren Duran hit a double on the first pitch of the game, and he scored on an RBI single from freshman Chris Jimenez. Duran had three of the Dirtbags’ three […]