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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Football: Long Beach Poly Offense Sputters In Opening Loss to Leuzinger

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly was hoping to turn the page from a frustrating 2024 season in their home opener against Leuzinger on Friday night. The game was the first of the Justin Utupo era, and the new coach was hoping to open up the team’s final season playing at historic Veterans Memorial Stadium with a victory. […]

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Diving: Millikan’s Jenna Sonnenberg Sets Record, Wins CIF-SS Championship

Mike Guardabascio

Millikan junior Jenna Sonnenberg won her second CIF Southern Section diving championship this week, and set a new CIF-SS Division 2 scoring record in the process, putting up a 596.70 with her 11 dives. Sonnenberg won the chamionship last year with a score of 514.30. It was a great day overall for the Moore League […]

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Fifty-Plus Long Beach Athletes Qualify For CIF-SS Track Finals

Mike Guardabascio

More than fifty athletes from the Moore League and St. Anthony qualified for the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals during Saturday’s prelims. A total of 52 entrants qualified in Division 1 and 4, split across two locations. In Division 1 at Trabuco Hills, Long Beach Poly qualified 20 athletes, Wilson qualified 12, Millikan […]