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.
A promising start turned sour for Lakewood in its home opener on Thursday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Lancers scored on their opening drive, and only trailed by eight points in the third quarter, but visiting North Torrance scored the last 27 points of the game on its way to a 48-13 victory. North […]
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