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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.
VIDEO: Long Beach State vs. Ohio State NCAA Volleyball
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CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Tops Lynwood In Thriller
Before Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 second round girls’ basketball playoff game between Long Beach Poly and Lynwood started, the Ron Palmer Pavilion had the air of a family reunion. Poly coach Carl Buggs coached at Lynwood for 16 years and his wife and top assistant coach, Lakeisha Buggs, is a Lynwood alum. Before […]
No. 1 Long Beach State Sweeps Ohio State
It was another statement weekend for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which posted dominant sweeps of Penn State and Ohio State in the Pyramid while hosting the AVCA Showcase. On Saturday evening in front of nearly 2,000 fans, Long Beach State swept the Buckeyes, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21. To date, Long Beach State is […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs Lynwood, CIF Basketball
We’ve got some great shots of the Jackrabbits’ exciting win, taken by photographers Art O’Neill and John Napalan.
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs Riverside Poly CIF Soccer
We’ve got great photos of the CIF soccer game thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. Ohio State Men’s Volleyball
We’ve got great photos from Long Beach State’s easy sweep of Ohio State thanks to photographer Stephen Dachman.
CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Falls To Riverside Poly
The future is looking bright for the talented, young Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer team, but the future hasn’t arrived yet. The Jackrabbits struck first in a second-round CIF-SS Division 2 playoff game against Riverside Poly, but couldn’t react in the second half when the Tigers turned it on, falling 4-1. “We didn’t react,” said […]
VIDEO: Compton vs. Lynwood CIF Basketball
CIF Basketball: Compton vs. Lynwood We’ve got highlights from Compton’s first-round playoff win over Lynwood.
CIF Basketball: Compton Powers Past Lynwood
The Compton boys’ basketball team had a pretty simple game plan for its first round CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoff game against Lynwood. “We were bigger than them,” said center Jabari Steward. “So why not throw it inside and score layups?” That’s exactly what Compton did for 32 minutes, passing their way through the […]