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.
Because he’s coaching the shortest Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team in a half-century, Jackrabbits coach Shelton Diggs has had to make some decisions these playoffs. When they’re playing teams with talented bigs, as they did Friday night against Chino Hills in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals, Diggs’ team has to double-team opponents. […]
A last-minute goal from Ivan Cervantes Vega proved to be the game-winner for Millikan in the championship final of the Huntington Beach tournament on Monday night. Millikan got goals from Cervantes Vega and Juan Vasquez in the 2-1 win over Montclair in the last of five tournament games for the Rams. They beat Godinez, Marquez, […]
