Mike Guardabascio
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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PREVIEW: Lakewood vs. Northwood, CIF Football Championship

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It was a tough opening night for Millikan (0-1) as they traveled down to Los Alamitos (1-0) and suffered a lopsided 59-0 loss to the Griffins on Friday night. Los Al got three touchdowns from their defense/special teams to post the emphatic non-league win. “We just have to get better,” said Rams head coach Romeo […]