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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By Mike Guardabascio, Tyler Hendrickson It’s been a historic run for the Long Beach track and field world, where the city routinely has multiple programs at or near the top of the list of California’s best. Consider last year, where Long Beach Poly’s boys won the CIF State championship, and Wilson took third at the […]

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Congratulations to all our honorees and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball Kalaya Buggs had a performance that was the stuff of legends last week, setting a school record for 3-pointers in a game with seven triples in a 25-point, 12-rebound performance in the CIF-SS […]

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Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Hank Rivers, Wilson Swimming Wilson freshman Hank Rivers arrived on campus this year with a sizable reputation and has delivered on it already. Rivers was named the Boys’ Swimmer of the Meet at last weekend’s Klaus Barth Invitational […]