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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Top 10 For 2020: Girls’ Volleyball Rivalry Renewed

Mike Guardabascio

Aug. 15, 2020, seems like a long ways away, but it’s not that far off — and it’s an important date. That’s when the high school girls’ volleyball season begins, and it promises to be a special one in Long Beach. Poly has a national sophomore of the year finalist in Adonia Faumuina, who was […]

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CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Wins Semi, Advances to Regional Final

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It’s been an emotional week for the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team. After winning a historic CIF Southern Section Division 1 title last week, the Jackrabbits core of seniors graduated on Wednesday. With such a wave of emotions, Poly coach Carl Buggs said the last couple of days were about keeping the team prepared […]

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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Falls To JSerra

Mike Guardabascio

How did Long Beach Poly’s CIF Division 1 football playoff opener against JSerra go? At one point the game was stopped for five minutes because the chain on the first-down marker broke. Unfortunately for Jackrabbit fans, that was a symbolic moment in the night for a game that saw every break go against the home […]