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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Basketball Lakewood Wilson

Basketball: Bonard Johnson’s Buzzer Beater Lifts Lakewood In Triple OT

Mike Guardabascio

The most exciting game of the high school basketball season took place Monday night at Wilson, as visiting Lakewood topped the host Bruins on a buzzer-beater in triple overtime by Bonard Johnson. The shot gave the Lancers a thrilling win, 75-74. FRETRØ BØØMIN on Twitter The Final 20 seconds from the triple OT game between […]

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Long Beach Athletes Celebrated In Belmont Shore Christmas Parade

Mike Guardabascio

Several standout Long Beach sports teams were celebrated at last weekend’s Belmont Shore Christmas Parade. For the second year in a row the Long Beach Century Club donated their Big Red Bus to the championship teams from the city, with the Wilson girls’ water polo team and the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team participating. […]

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Basketball Millikan Wilson

Boys’ Basketball: Millikan In First After Win Over Wilson

Mike Guardabascio

STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON The Millikan boys basketball team needed to recalibrate after a disappointing loss on Saturday at the Ron Massey Tip Off Classic. The Rams (12-5, 4-0) did just that as they cruised to a 52-36 win over Long Beach Wilson on Monday night. After a frustrating offensive night, Rob Diaz […]