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.
Long Beach State softball made history on Tuesday as Sophia Fernandez, Shelby Frutoz and Samantha Fowler combined to pitch the program’s 32nd no-hitter in a 2-0 win over visiting Cal Baptist. Fernandez struck out three in three innings, Frutoz cruised through her two innings and Fowler pitched a perfect two innings while striking out four. […]