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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Veterans Memorial Stadium was home to the city’s longest-running football rivalry between Long Beach Poly and Wilson, and their final game at the stadium before its reconstruction was every bit worthy of The Big Game. Just as they did in the teams’ first-ever matchup at the stadium in 1950, the Bruins defeated Long Beach Poly […]