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.
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The Compton girls’ basketball team made history last season under head coach Derrick Anderson, not only making the playoffs as the fourth-place team out of the Moore League, but winning a first-round game at home to advance to the second round for the first time in decades. The truth is, […]