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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Wilson Girls’ Soccer Preview

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Like a family road trip with a full tank of gas but no map, Wilson girls’ soccer knows it has what it takes to get to where it wants to go but it has to figure out how to get there. […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Falls Late To UCF

JJ Fiddler

The Long Beach State women’s soccer team came home to George Allen Field on Thursday night looking for more offense, but they found heartbreak as visiting UCF scored in the 90th minute to steal a 2-1 victory. “It’s obviously very disappointing to not take that into overtime,” LBSU coach Mauricio Ingrassia said. “But these are […]