Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Jordan coach Bryan Whitfield doesn’t particularly want to hear anyone else’s complaints about rainy weather messing up their practice schedule. Because Jordan’s construction is still underway, the team doesn’t have a baseball field on campus, and has had to walk over to Houghton Park to get their work in. That has presented its own set […]

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Baseball Preview: Long Beach Poly Wants To Defend Title

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Long Beach Poly won last year’s Moore League championship, their first title since 2012 and second since 1985. The Jackrabbits know that means they’re going to be looked at a little differently this year. “We’ve got a big target on our backs, we know that,” said returning All-Moore League pitcher Tim Fife. “Everybody’s going to […]

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Just three days after a heartbreaking loss to South Torrance in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship, Millikan bounced back to win 11 of the 14 individual titles at the Moore League finals on Saturday at Lakewood High. “I think you might’ve seen a little bit of frustration from Wednesday,” Millikan coach Marshall Thompson […]