An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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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The No. 17 Long Beach State won the first game of its Big West Conference doubleheader at LBSU Softball Complex on Saturday with a walkoff hit from Nichole Fry. Jessica Flores out did that by pitching her first career no-hitter in the second game. Fry had the only RBI in the 1-0 win. LBSU (37-9, […]