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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Long Beach Poly didn’t face much trouble in the opening game of the Bosco/Gahr Classic. The Jackrabbits relied on great defense and great team offense in an 80-41 blowout of Palisades. “Defense, that’s what we’re built on always,” said Poly coach Shelton Diggs. The Jackrabbits fell behind 8-3 and then proceeded to absolutely shut down […]
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