Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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Softball: Wilson’s Sacha Zalamea Named USA Softball Top Performer

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Wilson sophomore Sacha Zalamea received a major national honor last week, as she was named one of the Top Performers from USA Softball’s U16 National Team Selection Event. Zalamea not only started for the Bruins last year as a freshman, she was one of the best players in the city, earning first-team All-Moore League honors.  […]

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