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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Colin Slater, Chance Hunter and Michael Carter III made their Walter Pyramid debuts for Long Beach State on Saturday in front of a Homecoming crowd and led the Beach to a 74-62 win over San Diego. “It was a good team win,” LBSU coach Dan Monson said. “We played 11 guys and all 11 were […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule: Boys’ Basketball, Soccer

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The playoffs continue for six boys’ basketball and soccer teams today–we’ll have live updates and coverage from the five home games. Boys’ Basketball (Second round; All games 7 p.m.) Division 1: St. Anthony vs Santa Margarita Division 2AA: Long Beach Poly vs Simi Valley Division 2A: Lakewood @ Pacifica Christian Division 3A: Millikan vs. West […]