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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First CIF-SS Basketball Rankings Released

Mike Guardabascio

The first CIF Southern Section basketball rankings were released Monday afternoon, and several Long Beach schools made an appearance. Boys’ Basketball Long Beach Poly, No. 12 in Division 1 St. Anthony, No. 16 in Division 1 Girls’ Basketball Long Beach Poly, No. 11 in Division 1 Millikan, No. 12 in Division 2AA Wilson, No. 13 […]

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PREVIEW: Wilson Girls Hit Road For Semifinals

Mike Guardabascio

STORY BY MATT SIMON After cruising through the first three rounds of the CIF-SS Division 3A playoffs, coach Long Beach Wilson coach Erin Carey feels the Bruins still have more to prove as they head to West Covina to take on the Bulldogs in the semifinals. This season has been a phenomenal turnaround after the […]

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Compton High Baseball Preview

Mike Guardabascio

It’s been a rough stretch for Compton High and coach Lorenzo Redick, as the Tarbabes have been operating without a practice field. With Compton High’s new campus under construction, the school has been temporarily relocated to a middle school–that’s been hard but technically possible for the school’s football and basketball teams, but there’s no baseball […]