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.
Liz Schuster grew up steeped in the lore of Long Beach Poly sports culture–now she’s a major part of it. She spent her childhood years going to Jackrabbit football games. In 2012 her older brother, Gasetoto “G-Mac” Schuster, and cousin, JuJu Smith-Schuster, were key players in Poly’s CIF championship run and Liz was there for […]
It’s been a memorable wrestling season for Long Beach wrestlers, but Long Beach Poly’s Athziri Guizar had a season she’ll never forget. After capping her senior year with another Moore League title, Guizar wasn’t done as she competed at the CIF-SS Individuals tournament. Guizar won match after match before eventually winning the final to take […]
