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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CIF Basketball: Bad Start Dooms Long Beach Poly In Riverside

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For the last 22 minutes of Long Beach Poly’s road CIF-SS second round Division 1 playoff game at Riverside Poly, the Jackrabbits’ boys’ basketball team played the host Bears even. The problem was a dreadful first 10 minutes of the game, which saw the LB version of Poly fall behind 25-4. The Jackrabbits fought the […]