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.
Six players from Long Beach schools were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this week. The Dirtbags had four players picked while LBCC and Long Beach Poly each had one. Jarren Duran – 7th Round, 220th Pick, Boston Red Sox Duran is the 61st Dirtbags player since 1989 to be selected in the first […]
A consistent big block helped No. 8 UCLA upset No. 4 Long Beach State at Walter Pyramid last Saturday night 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 25-23 to snap a record-setting home winning streak for the Beach. VIDEO The Bruins outblocked the Beach 14-3 and held LBSU to a .226 team hitting percentage. “We struggled with consistency and […]