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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Wilson boys’ lacrosse improved to 11-0 on the season with a 10-4 win at Valencia on Friday. Malachi Valenzuela-Mier scored four times for the Bruins, and Charley Littleworth added a hat trick. Jack Cummings, Jacob Soriano and Kyle Paz each scored once. Wilson is at Segerstrom at 5 p.m. on Monday, and travel to Glendale […]
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