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.
Julius Jimenez never thought he’d be a defensive back. He was perfectly content being one of the fastest defensive lineman on his flag football and Pop Warner teams. But a growth spurt in eighth grade changed everything. “I always had knee pains and I started to get a little clumsy because I had to wear […]
There’s no place like home. That’s what Wilson junior Simrin Adams thinks of Long Beach — the city she was born and raised in. In the future, Adams will be leaving the 562 soon to move to the 650 and pursue a collegiate career in beach volleyball at Stanford University. Despite making the jump from […]
