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.
Long Beach Poly’s girls’ soccer team had already had a magical postseason run, and the Jackrabbits were leading 1-0 at halftime, just 40 minutes away from earning a spot in the CIF State Division 2 championship on Saturday. But a wild second half got away from Poly on the road at Mira Costa, and they […]
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With just one day left in the first round, the Moore League boys’ volleyball standings are logjammed at the top. Long Beach Poly lost to Millikan earlier this week and Lakewood defeated Wilson, then on Thursday afternoon Poly rebounded with a four-set win over the Bruins, 25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17. That creates a three-way tie […]
