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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Basketball Long Beach Poly

FEATURE: Long Beach Poly’s Christian Watson Steps Into His Own Legacy

Mike Guardabascio

Christian Watson has heard it over and over the last few years: “Peyton Watson’s little brother.” On the road in the Division 2AA quarterfinals and semifinals, the Long Beach Poly senior guard heard it from opposing student sections, jabs about his older brother being a McDonald’s All-American, and a bigger recruit than Christian. For Christian […]

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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Water Polo

LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs La Habra, Lakewood vs Warren, CIF Girls Water Polo

Tyler Hendrickson

Refresh the page to see the latest scores and video updates! The girls’ water polo playoffs continue on Thursday with a pair of Moore League teams in action. Poly is hosting La Habra at Cabrillo HS at 4 p.m. in the Division 3 bracket while Lakewood is hosting Warren on campus at 5 p.m. in […]

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Three Long Beach Basketball Teams Make CIF State Tournament

Mike Guardabascio

Three Long Beach basketball teams qualified for the upcoming CIF State basketball tournament, including the newly-minted CIF-SS Division 3A champion Wilson girls’ basketball team. Open Division The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team will get a chance to end their season on a more positive note as they earned the No. 7 seed in the […]