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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Jacob Hughey Pushes Dirtbags Past No. 17 UCLA

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FROM LBSU REPORTS The 2018 season is gradually becoming the year of the two-way player for the Dirtbags, as redshirt sophomore Jacob Hughey pulled double duty to help lead Long Beach State (13-20) to a 5-2 win over No. 17 UCLA (19-9) on Tuesday night. Hughey made his first start of the season on the […]