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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Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Kaci Scott, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly is off to an 11-2 start and is ranked No. 6 in the nation by MaxPreps. They had a great run through the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in […]