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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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Season Ends In Serra Heartbreaker

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly’s championship football season came to an end in a predictably thrilling nailbiter against Serra on Saturday night in Gardena. The Jackrabbits scored a go-ahead touchdown for their first lead of the game with just over three minutes remaining, but Serra struck back with a 75-yard touchdown with 2:54 left in the game. […]

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LB In MLB: Local Boys Left In Limbo

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This was supposed to be the first of many LB In MLB updates for the local professional baseball players taking part in Spring Training. This season was also supposed to be the beginning of a new generation of Long Beach baseball products stealing the headlines. Veterans Troy Tulowitzki and Evan Longoria are retired or wrapping […]

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FEATURE: Lakewood’s Julia Crawford Has Made Her Own Name

Mike Guardabascio

Julia Crawford wanted nothing more than to make a name for herself. The Lakewood outside hitter and Fullerton commit grew up on the baseball and softball diamonds of Long Beach, watching her older brother JP and older sister Eliza play–and excel. When she was entering high school she almost wanted to break with family tradition […]