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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Football Long Beach Poly Wilson

VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson Football

Mike Guardabascio

We’ve got highlights from Poly’s win over Wilson in Long Beach’s oldest rivalry series. High School Football: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson We’ve got highlights from the Jackrabbits’ win in the oldest rivalry in Long Beach. Visit the562.org and click SUBSCRIBE to support Long Beach sports coverage.  

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Football Wilson

PREVIEW: Long Beach Wilson vs. Mayfair Football

JJ Fiddler

Wilson is playing its first football game on its new field turf tonight as the Bruins host Mayfair at 7 p.m. The professional friendship between Wilson coach Mark Ziegenhagen and Mayfair coach Derek Bedell has created a great local rivalry between the Bruins and Monsoons. This is the third consecutive season opening meeting for these […]

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Football Long Beach City College

JuCo Football: LBCC One Yard Away From Outright Title, Hosts Bowl Game Saturday

Mike Guardabascio

One yard.  One. Yard. That’s how close the LBCC football team was to beating Ventura College to claim an outright conference championship and a berth in the state playoffs on Saturday night. Instead, the Vikings’ costly mistakes held them back in a narrow loss to the Pirates, 30-26. “Too many mistakes tonight, dug us a […]