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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Football: Long Beach Poly Rushes Past Millikan

Mike Guardabascio

There was never any concern among the Long Beach Poly football coaches that their team would overlook Millikan and get ahead of themselves thinking about next week’s big game against undefeated Wilson. “Frankly, since their head coach got hired, they’ve talked a lot of trash,” said Poly coach Stephen Barbee, whose team started 1-3 but […]

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Football: Lakewood Beats Cabrillo for Justin Utupo’s First Win

Tyler Hendrickson

The Lakewood Lancers (1-3, 1-0) opened Moore League play with an emphatic 67-0 win over Cabrillo (1-4, 0-1) on Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The win was also the first for head coach Justin Utupo back at his alma mater. Lakewood got out to a quick start, leading 29-0 after the opening quarter and […]

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Obituary: Long Beach Poly’s Willie Brown Passes Away

JJ Fiddler

Long Beach Poly alum and 1959 CIF Football Player of the Year Willie Brown passed away today due to complications from cancer. He was 76. Services are pending. Brown is survived by his wife, Carole, son, Brian, daughter, Kimberly and grandchildren Nathan and Alana, and his brother, Oscar. Brown shared the Poly backfield with Dee […]