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.
Ears will be ringing across the Long Beach aquatics community for days to come. Friday afternoon’s Moore League dual meet between host Long Beach Poly and Wilson showcased one of the best athletic traditions in the city over the last century. It was the return of the epic event, which hasn’t been present in its […]
Long Beach Poly’s football home opener on Friday night carried some extra significance. The team honored the memory of fallen Long Beach Fire Department captain David Rosa with the addition of memorial stickers on their helmets. Rosa was killed while on the job in June, and served in Long Beach Fire Station No. 10, which […]
This year brought some school history for a pair of tennis programs, as the Millikan boys and Poly girls teams each won the first CIF titles in program history. Their accomplishments are No. 7 on our list of the top Long Beach sports moments of the year. Millikan’s boys claimed the first of several CIF […]
