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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Baseball: Long Beach Poly Tops Millikan, Alone In First Place

Mike Guardabascio

After two years of pain, heartbreak, and a whole heap of one-run losses to the Moore League’s three other playoff teams, Long Beach Poly was ready for a different story. That much was obvious on Tuesday evening at Blair Field as the Jackrabbits came up clutch in a 6-4 victory over Millikan, which puts the […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Falls in Big West Quarterfinals

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Going into this year’s Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament, Long Beach State already knew they’d gotten an unfavorable draw. As the No. 3 seed in the bracket, the Beach were opening up the tournament against the two-time defending conference champions, No. 6 seed UC Davis. The Aggies have been a tough nemesis for LBSU lately, […]

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Millikan’s Jenna Sonnenberg Wins CIF Diving Championship

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Millikan sophomore Jenna Sonnenberg made history earlier this week, claiming the CIF Southern Section Division 2 diving championship at the Riverside Aquatic Complex. Sonnenberg finished with a score of 514.30, easily besting second-place Katelynn Shaheen of Crescenta Valley, who finished with 490.90. Three other Moore Leaguers finished in the top 12 as Poly’s Sydney Wren […]