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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial To say it was a memorable 2023 for the Long Beach Poly baseball team would be a gross over-simplification. The Jackrabbits are one of the winningest teams in state history and have produced more two dozen Major Leaguers, as many as any other high school […]
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