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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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Compton Makes History With Win

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It didn’t look like it was going to happen, as the Compton girls’ basketball team fell behind by 13 points in the first quarter. But Compton and head coach Derrick Anderson have been making history all year, and they did it again, coming from behind to beat Palm Desert on the road in the first […]

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ROUNDUP: Long Beach Football, Week 5

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Here is our comprehensive coverage from the first Friday night of Moore League action for Long Beach high school football teams. Enjoy great coverage by Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Alex Carmon, Shar Higa, Stephen Dachman, Art O’Neil, John Napalan, Joseph Kling, Jesse Lopez and Bobby Hauck. Long Beach Poly 46, Millikan 15 READ MORE bout […]

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Basketball Roundup: Playoff Picture Coming Into Focus

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Boys’ Basketball With three days of games left (Friday, next Tuesday and Thursday) it’s all but certain that Long Beach Poly will be the league champion–at 9-0, they’d need to lose all three games to end up tied with Compton. Below them, Compton and Millikan are in second and third with Wilson and Lakewood in […]