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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It took five years for Compton to remodel its campus and build a brand new field, but only 48 minutes to break it in. The Tarbabes fired on all cylinders in their first true home game since 2019 on Friday night, rushing for over 300 yards and five touchdowns while pitching a shutout in a […]

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