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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Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits Boys’ Basketball Preview

Mike Guardabascio

Perhaps no team in the city was poised for a bigger 2020-21 season when the COVID-19 shutdown came than the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team. The Jackrabbits feature elite talent across the board and have legitimate CIF-SS and CIF State championship hopes. The talented roster is headlined by McDonald’s All-American and UCLA signee Peyton […]

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Four Long Beach Players Sign To NFL Teams

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With a few notable changes to its execution, the 2020 NFL Draft went on as scheduled last weekend. The event lacked the anticipated pomp and circumstance of being held live on the Las Vegas Strip, but the dreams realized over the weekend were every bit as real as in years past. From a local perspective, […]

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Column: A Wake Up Call For Long Beach Poly…Or Not 

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly’s football team was beaten 45-0 last Saturday in their season opener against Punahou of Hawaii in the Moorpark High Football Classic. It was the worst loss the Jackrabbits had suffered since 2012’s 56-0 shocker to Narbonne, and just the third time the team had been shut out this decade. Poly, the state’s […]