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.
We’ve got links for this week’s Millikan and Lakewood playoff football games on Friday. Click here for the Millikan @ Saugus tickets Click here for the Lakewood vs Hemet tickets
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