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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Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela thinks that the 56-game schedule that he and his staff has put together for the upcoming season is, “one of the best, if not the best, non-conference schedules in the country.” The Dirtbags open the season on February 18 with a three-game set against defending national champions Mississippi […]