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 Survives Cabrillo Scare

Mike Guardabascio

Cabrillo’s Dylan Gambino and Poly’s Tim Fife Long Beach Poly and Cabrillo have developed a baseball rivalry over the last year and a half, dating back to the Jaguars’ win over the Jackrabbits last season, the first time that had happened. Junior pitcher Dylan Gambino couldn’t quite recapture the magic of last year’s win on […]

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Long Beach Poly Wins Moore League Baseball Title On Wild Final Day

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly went into the final day of the Moore League baseball season with a piece of the league crown sitting in their paws, but as head coach Brent Lavoie said: “We don’t want to share it.” As it turned out, the Jackrabbits ended up losing to Lakewood on the last day, but thanks […]

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Xander McLaurin Makes Wilson History On Football, Baseball Field

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Deion Sanders became a household name in 1992 when he tried to play a football game with the Atlanta Falcons and a baseball game with the Atlanta Braves on the same day. It’s hard to get yourself compared to a legendary athlete like “Prime Time” Sanders, but Xander McLaurin succeeded in doing so last Friday […]