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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Football: St. Anthony Wins Overtime Thriller Against St. Pius

Matt Simon

The St. Anthony football team knew if they wanted to win the Del Rey League, they’d have to beat St. Pius x St. Matthias and after not being able to play them last season, Friday night was a game that they had circled on their schedule. The Saints proved to be up for the challenge […]

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CIF Flag Football: Compton Rolls Past Claremont into Quarterfinals

Tyler Hendrickson

A young Compton High flag football team is in uncharted territory for their program, but the Tarbabes showed they can be resilient when things don’t go their way. After throwing an interception on the second play of the game and falling into an early 7-0 hole against the visiting Claremont Wolfpack, things could have gone […]

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ROUNDUP: Long Beach Football Games, Regular Season Finale

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got links to all of our coverage to end the regular season. Long Beach Poly, Wilson, Compton, and St. Anthony have all clinched playoff berths, with Lakewood and Millikan applying for an at-large bid. Playoff brackets will be out on Sunday, we’ll have live updates. Long Beach Poly def. Lakewood STORY / VIDEO / […]