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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STORY BY MATT SIMON With a 10 a.m. tip off to start the Ron Massey Tip Off Classic on Saturday, the Long Beach Wilson boys’ basketball team didn’t have much time to think about its disappointing loss at Compton on Friday night. Jackson Barnhill and the Bruins served up a breakfast special as they defeated […]

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Baseball Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits Baseball Preview

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Much has changed since the spring of 2019, but Long Beach Poly remains the defending Moore League baseball champions. The Jackrabbits have never won consecutive Moore League titles on the diamond (dating back to 1957-58), but will have the opportunity to make history this season. Fifth-year head coach Brent Lavoie believes that Poly has the […]

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Football Wilson

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The Wilson Bruins showed why they’re the hottest team in Long Beach this week with a 43-7 win over visiting Huntington Beach on Friday. “If we can play that way every week we proved we can do something this year,” Wilson coach Mark Ziegenhagen said. “They’re doing a great job of focusing.” Senior quarterback Ryan […]