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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A first career goal, and a historic career goal, lifted Long Beach State women’s soccer over UC Irvine 2-1 on Sunday night at George Allen Field. Freshman Sierra Castles scored her first goal as a 49er in the 36th minute to give LBSU (9-5-2, 4-1-1) a lead, and senior Ashley Gonzales scored her school-record 34th […]