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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It looked like the 2019 Moore League girls’ volleyball season might be a two-month coronation for Long Beach Poly. The Jackrabbits are No. 4 in the first CIF-Southern Section Division 1 rankings of the year and have been competitive with nationally-ranked Marymount and Redondo Union. But any fears about a thrill-free volleyball season were put […]