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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Long Beach’s lone CIF championship during the 2019-20 season was a significant one, as Wilson’s girls’ basketball program claimed its first CIF plaque in two decades with a 66-62 overtime win over Eisenhower for the CIF-SS Division 3A title. The victory united generations of Bruins hoopers, with senior standout Samiya Terry receiving calls from members […]

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Long Beach State Women Fall To USC

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It wasn’t the week that Long Beach State women’s basketball coach Jeff Cammon was hoping for. His team dropped their home opener to Cal Baptist by two points on Friday, then got blown out by USC on Sunday afternoon, falling 86-50. “It was a tough one tonight,” said Cammon after the loss to the Trojans. […]