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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The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. We’re entering the third year of the new CIF-SS playoff format, and Long Beach teams made five CIF-SS championship appearances over the last two years under the competitive equity system. Clearly it’s been a big benefit to local schools with several teams making […]

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Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Compton In Wild Finish

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Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball coach Shelton Diggs started his birthday celebration off with a wild party. His Jackrabbits prevailed Wednesday evening in a big early Moore League battle with Compton, getting some clutch buckets down the stretch and then coming out on the right side of a bizarre sequence to win 66-65. “We lost […]

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Moore League Wrestling: Millikan, Lakewood On Top Of Standings

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Millikan and Lakewood both moved to 2-0 in the Moore League on Thursday. Millikan vs. Long Beach Poly The Rams fended off a solid Jackrabbits squad for a pair of key league wins. The Millikan boys won 50-24, and the girls won 48-30. WATCH VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS “I thought it was going to be a big […]