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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Long Beach Poly is seeking a return trip to the CIF Southern Section championship, two years after claiming their last gold plaque. Standing between Poly and next weekend’s Division 1 championship game is ML King, who hosts the Jackrabbits Friday evening at 7 p.m. in Riverside. “They’re a really good team, athletic, they’re really good […]

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The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation.

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