We’ve got some great shots of the first-round playoff game from photographer Stephen Dachman.
Author: 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.
COLUMN: Mike’s Not-So-Super Super Bowl Sunday
When you know you’re going to have a kid, you start daydreaming. Most of those daydreams involve how your kid will fit into your life and your story, because before they come into the world, there’s no way to fully understand how hilarious and unrealistic a thought that is. While my wife, Shar, was pregnant […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs Crossroads CIF Basketball
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VIDEO: Millikan vs Peninsula CIF Basketball
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CIF Basketball: Millikan Falls To Peninsula
STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON The Millikan boys’ basketball season came to an end Wednesday night as the Rams ran into a streaking Peninsula team in the first-round of the CIF Division 2A playoffs. With 24 points and seven rebounds, Caleb Hall led the Panthers to a 64-39 victory over the Rams. It was […]
CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Crossroads In Playoff Opener
Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team has had some ups and downs this season, and they helped prepare the Jackrabbits for their CIF-SS Division 1 playoff opener at home Wednesday night against Crossroads. The Jackrabbits lost their lead in the fourth quarter but battled back in an impressive win, 66-60. Poly will be on the […]
Thursday’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule
It’s the busiest day of the week with 11 Long Beach teams competing in playoff games on Thursday. Boys’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Open Division: St. Anthony @ Etiwanda Girls’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Open Division: No. 4 Long Beach Poly (Saturday) Division 2AA: No. 4 Millikan vs Vista Murrieta Division 2AA: St. Anthony @ Saugus (Saturday) […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs Crossroads CIF Basketball
We’ve got some great shots of Poly’s win from All-In Press photographer John Napalan.
Feature: Peyton Watson Eager To Prove Himself For Long Beach Poly
Peyton Watson is an enigma. The junior is entering the 2019-20 high school basketball season ranked the No. 32 player in the 2021 class by 247 Sports, having spent some of the summer playing for the USA Basketball Junior National team. Watson is a 6’7” positionless player who has shown flashes of brilliance at every […]
Long Beach Basketball World Mourns Passing of Wright, Mosley
The Long Beach basketball world is mourning a pair of losses with the passing of Millikan alum Naomi Iman Wright and Poly alum and longtime volunteer Matthew Mosley. Wright, 23, was tragically killed in late January after being stabbed while dancing at Catch One, a nightclub in Los Angeles. A recent Millikan alum, Wright was […]