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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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Blows Out Bethesda

JJ Fiddler

Long Beach State men’s basketball needed a get-right game and they got it on Wednesday night at Walter Pyramid with a 102-69 win over visiting Bethesda. “I think we needed a game like this where we got some confidence and some guys a little longer leashes from the bench and play through some mistakes,” LBSU […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly Football Team Gets CIF Rings in Emotional Ceremony

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly football team got its CIF-SS championship rings last week, in an emotional ceremony followed by a family-style potluck. The Jackrabbits’ rings were paid for in part thanks to a $15,000 donation from Carnival Cruise Line, presented during a visit by Chargers QB Justin Herbert to the campus earlier this school year. […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Boys’ Basketball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

Mike Guardabascio

Cal-Hi Sports’ recently updated State record book shows that Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team might have as dominant a history as the school’s football teams. The Jackrabbits enter this season with 2,105 all-time victories dating back to 1907–no other school in California has more than 1,800 wins. The Jackrabbits’ co-Moore League championship in the […]