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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We’ve got a full standings box with points for and against to help you keep track of the playoff race.

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Boys’ Basketball: Compton Drops Frustrating Game To Rancho Verde

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Tuesday night’s first-round Bosco Winter Classic between Compton and Rancho Verde’s boys’ basketball teams was a clash of two styles, between a Compton team that wants to rebound and go and a Mustangs team that wants to grind and play deliberate defense. Compton got suckered into playing RV’s way and couldn’t ever speed the game […]

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2023 Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 10 Water Polo Making Historic Waves

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Every year we countdown the top 10 Long Beach sports moments over the last 12 months, and it seems like every year one of the local high school sports has a few different schools produce historic campaigns. In 2023, that sport was water polo. The Wilson girls won a 16th Moore League championship last January […]