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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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. […]

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VIDEO: Arcadia Invitational 2025

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Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Compton In Wild Finish

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Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball coach Shelton Diggs started his birthday celebration off with a wild party. His Jackrabbits prevailed Wednesday evening in a big early Moore League battle with Compton, getting some clutch buckets down the stretch and then coming out on the right side of a bizarre sequence to win 66-65. “We lost […]