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.
The Long Beach State Dirtbags opened the Big West Conference schedule with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to UC Irvine on Friday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. It is the first Friday night loss at home this season. The Dirtbags (11-19, 0-1) took an early lead but couldn’t hold off the Anteaters (16-12, 2-2) who […]
Schedule in Pacific Time Zone All home games are at Walter Pyramid * Big West Conference Ranking are AVCA Coaches Poll thru Jan. 7 JANUARY 10 – at Mount Olive, 4 p.m. 11 – at Barton College, 4 p.m. 19 – at No. 2 UCLA, 7 p.m. 25 – vs. USC, 7 p.m. 31 – […]