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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Football: Long Beach Poly Wraps Regular Season With Win Over Lakewood

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly players and coaches alike agreed: they wanted a strong performance against Lakewood to close the regular season on a high note. That’s exactly what Poly did in a dominant win, beating the Lancers 53-18. “We knew what we needed to do today, and we came out and did it,” said Poly coach […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Can’t Complete Comeback at Lincoln

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly is not the home of moral victories. Jackrabbit fans are a notoriously dissatisfied bunch, so there’s no doubt that most of them will look at Friday night’s loss on the road at San Diego Lincoln and simply remark that Poly has now started the season 0-2 following a 36-20 defeat at the […]

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All-Moore League Girls’ Tennis

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to the Moore League honorees, and click here to see the other sports all-league lists from the Fall.