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.
Lakewood football returned to the CIF Southern Section playoffs with a bang on Friday night. After taking a lead in the second half, the Lancers were able to stop a two-point conversion in the final minutes to hold on for a 35-34 win at Brea Olinda in Division 9 action. The first playoff win for […]
Elijah Juarez has played at basically every position for Long Beach Poly the last two years: he’s been a receiver, a tight end, a linebacker, a fullback, and a punter. After Friday night’s breakout performance at running back, he may have found a permanent home. The senior helped break open a tight game against Millikan […]
How did Long Beach Poly’s CIF Division 1 football playoff opener against JSerra go? At one point the game was stopped for five minutes because the chain on the first-down marker broke. Unfortunately for Jackrabbit fans, that was a symbolic moment in the night for a game that saw every break go against the home […]