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’s the last week of the regular season and league titles and playoff spots are on the line. CIF-SS playoff brackets will be released on Sunday and we’ll have live coverage when they drop. Click here for our breakdown of the playoff scenarios. Long Beach Poly vs Lakewood preview Wilson vs. Millikan preview Compton vs. […]
