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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The Avalon Lancers will be in the Division 9 quarterfinals on Wednesday after a five-set thriller against Hesperia Christian, 22-25,19-25 25-4, 25-13 and 15-13. The Lancers dropped the first two sets but pulled off the reverse sweep to survive and advance. Stephanie Martinez served 6 aces in a huge service run in the dominant third […]

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