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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Earlier this month at Long Beach Poly, the Marcedes Lewis Foundation hosted its 10th annual free football camp for Long Beach youngsters. The camp was attended by more than 400 players and took place on Poly’s softball and baseball fields while the campus’s new all-weather track and turf football field are being installed. There were […]

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In the fire of their midseason, swimmers from all over Long Beach showed impressive performances at the Wilson-hosted annual Klaus Barth Invitational at Long Beach City College. With incredible results from Lucas Jue (who broke the Poly record in the 100 backstroke and 500 free) along with many athletes who qualified for CIF, this meet […]