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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Breaking: Long Beach Poly Hires Martin Rodriguez As Next Baseball Coach

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly administration announced to parents Wednesday that they’ve hired former Cerritos coach Martin Rodriguez to be the Jackrabbits’ next baseball coach. Rodriguez replaces Brent Lavoie, who coached the Jackrabbits to three of the last four league titles but who was fired at the end of this season. Lavoie’s dismissal was controversial, with […]

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Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach Scholarships Announced

JJ Fiddler

FROM OFFICIAL RELEASE The Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach announced seven winners of the 2018 Robert E. Leslie Memorial Scholarship on Tuesday. Checks for each unrestricted $1,500 scholarship will be awarded to the students at a reception on Mon., April 2 at 5:30 p.m. at King’s Fish House. Briana Contreras Tejado – Jordan Cameron […]

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Long Beach Football Schedule, Week 2

Matt Simon

After an exciting week of football where Millikan, Compton and Wilson picked up wins. We’ve got another great week of football ahead with a full slate of games on Thursday and Friday. Long Beach City College also begins their season with first-year coach Marques Cooper. All start times 7 p.m. unless noted. Thursday, August 28th […]