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.
There are only two Long Beach baseball and softball teams left alive in the CIF Southern Section playoffs, and they’re very similar. Wilson softball and St. Anthony baseball are both playing semifinals today, and both are trying to win their first ever CIF-SS championships after underachieving regular seasons. Wilson (18-11, 8-4) is at West Ranch […]
The Millikan football program is in the midst of a golden age. The Rams have won a home playoff game in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1979-80, and tonight they’ll play in their second straight CIF Southern Section quarterfinal. Millikan (8-2) welcomes Culver City (9-2) at 7:30 p.m. in Division 7 action. “I’m […]
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