Mike Guardabascio
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.
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CIF Baseball: Long Beach Poly Stuns Fullerton

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Long Beach Poly entered Friday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoff game as the decided underdog, with a 15-16 overall record, a fourth place finish in the Moore League, and the dubious history of not having advanced to the second round of the postseason since 2006. Their opponent, Fullerton, was the Freeway League champion […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Football Visits Serra 

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Football fans across Southern California will be watching intently as Long Beach Poly visits Serra’s newly-opened stadium Friday night at 7 p.m. The friendly rivalry between the Jackrabbits and Serra has produced some of the region’s most predictably exciting games over the last decade. Last Spring, the Jackrabbits defeated Serra 27-21 in overtime. The Cavaliers […]

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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Village Christian, CIF Boys’ Basketball Championship

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CIF Basketball Championship: Long Beach Poly vs. Village Christian Long Beach Poly visited Village Christian for the 2022 CIF-SS Division 2AA Boys’ Basketball title game on Friday night. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports […]