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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CIF Basketball: Mistakes Doom Long Beach Poly In Loss To Windward

Mike Guardabascio

After Long Beach Poly’s season-ending loss to Windward in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, it was a long time before Jackrabbits coach Shelton Diggs could bring himself to leave the Poly locker room. It’s the kind of loss that haunts a coach, and leaves a team spending the entire […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Aujane Luckey, Wilson Track & Field Wilson’s Aujane Luckey won the only gold medal for Long Beach at […]

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Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Sweeps Lakewood For Moore League Title

Mike Guardabascio

The talent-loaded Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team had a shaky start to its Moore League schedule this year, but finished on a dominant tear, sweeping through the second half of league play. That campaign ended Thursday afternoon with a dominant sweep of rival Lakewood on Poly’s home floor, as the Jackrabbits won the Moore […]