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.
Long Beach Poly entered Friday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoff game as the decided underdog, with a 15-16 overall record, a fourth place finish in the Moore League, and the dubious history of not having advanced to the second round of the postseason since 2006. Their opponent, Fullerton, was the Freeway League champion […]
The last three Moore League boys’ volleyball championships have been won by three different teams: Wilson, Poly, and Lakewood. This year it’s anyone’s guess who’ll be in the driver’s seat, with a steadily-improving Millikan team joining the fray as well. St. Anthony is poised for a CIF run and feature one of the area’s top […]
The Uptown Long Beach 10U All-Stars opened the Pacific South West Regional in Honolulu with a combined no-hitter and a 5-1 win over San Luis Obispo on Monday. Uptown Long Beach scored four runs in the third inning to take the lead for good while Jerry Garfiaz led the way. Garfiaz pitched 3.1 hitless innings […]