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.
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s been a tough couple of seasons for the Jordan boys’ basketball team. Head coach James McDonald is hopeful that this is the year to bounce back from a 6-22 campaign that saw the Panthers finish last in the Moore League, a once-unimaginable occurrence. “Our expectation for this year is […]
The Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer team pulled off an improbable comeback on Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division playoffs at Santa Ana Valley. Trailing 1-0 in the final minute, Poly’s Jossmar Briceño headed home the equalizer to force overtime. After a scoreless 20 minutes of extra time, the teams […]
