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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Cabrillo Jordan Water Polo

Water Polo: Cabrillo Girls Nab First Moore League Win

Mike Guardabascio

The Cabrillo girls’ water polo team picked up its first-ever Moore League win with a 6-5 defeat of Jordan on Wednesday afternoon in the Jaguars’ pool. “This was so big for our student-athletes, especially our seniors,” said Cabrillo coach Emily View. “COVID has put a damper on so many things for our students, to get […]

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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wilson Wrestling

Girls’ Wrestling: Individual Champions Crowned at Moore League Finals

Julian A. Lopez

After cancellations and postponements due to COVID-19, the Moore League Girls Wrestling Finals took place on Thursday at Millikan and everything went off without a hitch. “Clap it up for getting through league,” Millikan coach Blake Lovato said in a microphone before the award ceremony. The winners featured plenty of repeat champions as six individuals […]

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Cross Country Long Beach Poly Long Beach State

Coach Mike Fillipow Leaves Poly Cross Country in Trusted Hands of Cameron Ford

Tyler Hendrickson

Shortly after Cameron Ford ran his final race at Long Beach State in 2016, he got a call from his former high school coach. Mike Fillipow had spent more than a quarter century at Long Beach Poly, and was coming off his 12th season as head coach of the boys’ cross country program. Fillipow was […]