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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Feature: St. Anthony’s Alan Mitchell, Coaching Through Heartbreak, Has Team on Brink of History

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Coaching through the heartbreak of losing his father this season, St. Anthony boys’ basketball coach Alan Mitchell has his Saints on the brink of history. They’ll be facing Rolling Hills Prep in the Division 2AA final at Azusa Pacific tonight at 8 p.m. as part of an SA championship doubleheader, with the girls’ team facing […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Wins Sixth Straight

JJ Fiddler

A shorthanded Long Beach State men’s basketball team got a big game from the backcourt duo of Joel Murray and Colin Slater to beat UC Davis 70-63 on the road Saturday. The Beach has now won six consecutive Big West Conference games. Murray scored a team-high 19 points, Slater chipped in 15 points and they […]

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ROUNDUP: CIF-SS Girls’ Basketball First Round

Tyler Hendrickson

The 2024 CIF-SS girls’ basketball playoffs tipped off on Thursday night, and things went perfectly for the five Long Beach schools. Here’s how all the local teams fared, with links to expanded coverage from Long Beach Poly and Lakewood. DIVISION 1 Long Beach Poly 73, Chaminade 48 CLICK HERE for our story from Poly’s dominant […]