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.
It was a hot day in the Long Beach Poly gym and the boys’ and girls’ freshman basketball teams were warming up and practicing free throws. Standing under one of the baskets in the Ron Palmer Pavilion was a familiar figure, one who was objectively overqualified to be serving as a rebounder for the soon-to-be-9th-grader […]
In a rematch of a thrilling game from 2019, Long Beach Poly will open its season against Gardena Serra tonight at 7 p.m. The Jackrabbits are hosting this game at Cabrillo, since having bleachers on both sides of the field provides more capacity for parents and family members from both teams. No additional fans will […]
