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.
With the regular season winding down, The Compton boys basketball team is starting to catch its stride at just the right time. After a big win against Long Beach Poly on Monday, the Tarbabes took care of business at Wilson defeating the Bruins 76-51 Wednesday night. Compton (17-9, 7-3) was once again led by phenomenal […]
The St. Anthony girls’ soccer program bounced back from a 3-16-1 season a year ago to win the Camino Real League. The Saints (14-8-1, 7-1-0) clinched the title on Wednesday with a 3-0 senior night victory over visiting St. Mary’s Academy. Brett Minter on Twitter One fabulous assistant coach. Two amazing captains (guess where they […]
Rod Petkovic is entering his 37th year as head coach of the Millikan boys’ soccer program. He’s the coach who founded the team, and has guided them to one of the best runs of any program in league history, including 10 of the last 11 Moore League championships. In other words, Petkovic has heard it […]