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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We continue our unveiling of the All-Moore League honors for the Fall sports, as voted on by the league’s coaches.

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Long Beach State Women’s Hoops Season Ends In Heartbreak

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The wild ride of the 2020-21 Long Beach State women’s basketball season came to an abrupt and heartbreaking end in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, as the third-seeded Beach were upset by sixth-seeded Cal Poly. The Beach had a one-point lead for the last minute but a […]

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Saturday’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoffs Schedule

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Six Long Beach playoff teams are in action on Saturday afternoon and evening. Girls’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Open Division: No. 4 Long Beach Poly vs. Rosary Division 2AA: No. 4 Millikan @ Pasadena Division 2AA: St. Anthony @ Saugus  Division 3A: No. 1 Wilson vs. Bell Gardens Girls’ Soccer, 3 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach […]