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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Girls’ Tennis: Wilson Tops Poly In Moore League Opener

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As the Long Beach Wilson girls tennis team prepared to defend its Moore League title this week, there was one thing standing in the team’s way — getting clearance for each athlete to play.  The Bruins finally got clearance to play on Tuesday, just before the team was set to take on Poly to open […]

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Football: Compton Tops Santa Monica, Remains Undefeated

Mike Guardabascio

Compton kept the 2019 season rolling in perfect fashion after a 26-14 win over Santa Monica on Friday night, improving their record to 2-0. Compton was led by Jaishawn Smith’s three touchdowns and another score from Bill Wilson. Smith had 12 carries for 91 yards, the three scores, and an interception. Jaheim Hunt had 22 […]

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Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly, Millikan Win Tournaments

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly and Millikan both won season-opening tournaments last week. The Jackrabbits were competing in the top Southern California tournament going on last week, the Troy Classic, which Poly won after shocking state No. 5 Etiwanda in the semifinals and No. 2 Mater Dei in the championship. Kalaya Buggs earned Tournament MVP honors . […]