Mike Guardabascio
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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Football St. Anthony

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The562’s coverage of St. Anthony Football is sponsored in part by Wasco Development Corp in Honor of B.I. Mais. St. Anthony freshman Noah Furlow wasn’t expecting to play as the Saints took on Marina Friday night in Downey. But, when junior Adrian Perez had to be sidelined due to an injury Furlow was thrust into his […]

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There are many ways to check the pulse of a high school football program, and the best way to do that for Millikan is to note that this year the Rams beat Lakewood and Wilson in the same season for only the sixth time in school history. Millikan (6-4, 5-1) completed the feat with a […]