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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Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Millikan, Alone In First

Mike Guardabascio

The Jackrabbits and Rams’ girls’ basketball teams went into Wednesday evening’s showdown as the last two unbeaten teams in the Moore League. Playing on the road, Long Beach Poly showed that there was some distance between first and second place, as the Jackrabbits won in convincing fashion, 75-32. “I’m very happy with how we played, […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week 

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Ava Schaffel, Millikan Softball The Millikan softball team will play for the Division 2 CIF-SS championship this Friday, […]

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Long Beach Basketball Roundup

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got all the scores and links to our photo galleries and stories from Monday’s action. Boys’ Basketball Long Beach Poly 74, Wilson 52 >> The Jackrabbits remain the only undefeated team in the Moore League with a win over the Bruins. CLICK HERE for our photo gallery. Compton 68, Jordan 53 >> Compton is […]