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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Dsc 6954
Basketball Long Beach Poly

PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Heads To Windward, Hoping For CIF Final Berth

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball CIF-SS Open Division loss to Corona Centennial on Wednesday posed more questions than answers. Namely, about the Open Division tiebreaker. If the Jackrabbits win at Windward tonight at 7 p.m., it would create a three-way tie in the pool with Poly, Windward, and Centennial all at 2-1, having beaten […]

Dsc 0859a
Cabrillo Jordan Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Swimming Wilson

Swimming: Wilson Boys, Hank Rivers Make History At Moore League Finals

JJ Fiddler

Everything went according to plan for Wilson boys’ swimming during the Moore League finals on Friday at Cabrillo High. The Bruins won a California record 48th consecutive league title while junior Hank Rivers set a handful of new league and meet records. “This was exactly what we expected it to be, under the lights and […]

Century club collage
Basketball Century Club Football Long Beach Poly Long Beach State

Long Beach Century Club Announces Hall Of Fame Class

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Century Club president Ben Goldberg announced the club’s Hall of Fame honorees at a meeting last week. The Century Club Hall of Fame is Long Beach’s only sports Hall of Fame that spans all sports and schools, and has taken on an air of prestige as a result. “We think this year’s class […]