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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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

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Yesterday was the first tough day of the Fall playoffs for Long Beach, as Long Beach Poly and Compton both bowed out of the CIF-SS flag football quarterfinals to end that sport’s season. Tonight two volleyball teams try to advance to this weekend’s semifinals, as both Long Beach Poly and Millikan will host quarterfinals while […]

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Girls’ Volleyball Preview: St. Anthony Saints

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After the tragic passing of St. Anthony coach Keli Pula in June, the Saints are rebuilding with a new coach and a new lineup. First-year Saints coach Mary Amado says her team is talented but young, with three freshmen likely to start. Senior Olivia Zawalick and junior Khalise Eloi are back in the middle, with […]

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Long Beach Youth Volleyball Players Win Championships

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A pair of local youth volleyball players have had quite the summer together. Gabriella “Babi” Gubbins and Kaia Herweg were on the same indoor club team that won a Junior Olympics title in June, and together they won a beach volleyball championship at the OCVolley in Huntington Beach last week. Gubbins, 12, goes to Rogers […]