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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This season is already gearing up to be a memorable one for local track & field athletes. Several Long Beach schools have prominent athletes who project as some of the state’s best, but postseason competition remained in question until this week. On Monday morning, the CIF-Southern Section confirmed that a Boys’ and Girls’ Track and […]

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It was a magical day for Long Beach Poly at Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field championships, as the Jackrabbits claimed the boys’ team championship, were runner-ups by two points for the girls’ team title, and brought home five gold medals. “It feels amazing, our boys are on the map,” said Poly coach Crystal […]

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Feature: Wilson’s Rachel Glenn Laments Loss Of Special Senior Season

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This was supposed to be Rachel Glenn’s year, and this was supposed to be her weekend. The crown jewel of Long Beach’s high school sports landscape had spent months dreaming of what she could do at the CIF State Track & Field Championships, originally scheduled for this weekend before the COVID-19 shutdowns wiped most of […]