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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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

Mike Guardabascio

Wednesday, February 12 It’s maybe the biggest Long Beach playoff game of the year, with 13 teams all in action this evening. For girls’ soccer and boys’ basketball it’s the first round while Wilson girls’ water polo continues in the Open Division and the Poly girls host a quarterfinal. Girls’ Water Polo Open Division: Wilson […]

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Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Extends Winning Streak

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REPORTS FROM LBSU Deishuan Booker had another big night for the Beach, finishing with 26 points and four assists as Long Beach State picked up an impressive 69-64 road victory over UC Santa Barbara. It’s the third consecutive win for The Beach after losing eight of the last nine Big West games. The game started […]

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PREVIEW: Millikan Boys’ Soccer

Mike Guardabascio

Rod Petkovic is entering his 37th year as head coach of the Millikan boys’ soccer program. He’s the coach who founded the team, and has guided them to one of the best runs of any program in league history, including 10 of the last 11 Moore League championships. In other words, Petkovic has heard it […]