We’ve got great photos from Long Beach State’s season-ending loss to UC Irvine in the Big West semifinals by Stephen Dachman.
Author: 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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No. 1 Long Beach State Wins Five-Set Thriller Over No. 3 UCSB
In its toughest test of the season, the No. 1-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team battled back from down two sets to one against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara in a thriller in the Walter Pyramid in front of 1,500 fans. The match was a possible Final Four preview and an exhibition of two […]
Long Beach High School Track & Field Preview
About a month before the 2019 high school track and field season started, someone pointed out to Long Beach Poly coach Crystal Irving that her boys and girls teams both projected to do quite well this year, better than they’ve done since a magical 2011 year that saw both programs win state championships. Irving smiled […]
Long Beach Poly Track & Field Preview
Poly Left to Right: Will Frankenfeld, Queen Okoh, DeAngelo Chester, Saminah Haddad, Ashun Brown, Zanae Woods, Octavian Hall, Saundria Martin, Everett Steward, Quwshayah Peters, Liam Anderson, Jaelyn Predium, Anthony Johnson With due respect to Poly’s famous, powerhouse football and basketball programs, it has always been a track and field school. Since the Jackrabbits won their […]
Long Beach Wilson Track & Field Preview
PHOTO Left to Right: Caden Elsesser, Jocelyn Diaz, Zami Moscoso, Ryann Mayo, Jesus Nichol II, Aliya Mesihovich, Andrew Richards, Tyler Nettles, Jordan Weimer, Rachel Glenn, Amen Wilson, Maya Bryson, Armandon Bryson, Dionna Griffith, Seaver Cardoza, Naomi Kilson, Phillip Jefferson Jr., Ashanti Gaither, Collin Ellingboe For all that’s been written over the years about the baseball and […]
St. Anthony Track & Field Preview
Poly and Wilson aren’t the only Long Beach programs on the rise. Ericka Brooks’ St. Anthony squad has a shot at the CIF-SS lower division championship thanks in large part to sophomore Asjah Atkinson, the state’s top returning 10th grader in the 100 meter hurdles , where she made it to the state finals in […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson Lacrosse
We’ve got some shots from Long Beach Poly’s 17-5 win over Wilson on Thursday thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. UCSB Volleyball
We’ve got great photos from the Long Beach five-set thriller taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
Baseball: Millikan Dominates Lakewood In Statement Game
Millikan’s quest to become the first Rams baseball team in school history to win a fourth consecutive Moore League championship is off to a great start. Millikan dominated league rival Lakewood on Wednesday in a statement game, 11-1. It’s the largest margin of victory for a Moore League team over the Lancers in at least […]