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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It’s been a memorable wrestling season for Long Beach wrestlers, but Long Beach Poly’s Athziri Guizar had a season she’ll never forget. After capping her senior year with another Moore League title, Guizar wasn’t done as she competed at the CIF-SS Individuals tournament.  Guizar won match after match before eventually winning the final to take […]

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Ten Long Beach teams will be in action Wednesday, we’ve got the full schedule below. Boys’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Open: St. Anthony (Friday @ Etiwanda) Division 1: Long Beach Poly vs Crossroads   Division 2AA: Compton @ Santa Monica  Division 2A: Millikan vs Peninsula   Boys’ Soccer Division 1: Millikan vs. Downey, 7 p.m.  Division 1: Cabrillo […]