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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Photo courtesy: Aaron Plunkett – CLA Sports Five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava is back at Long Beach Poly after enrolling today, the Iamaleava family confirmed. Imaleava played for the Jackrabbits as a freshman before transferring to Warren for the last two pandemic-affected seasons. He arrives back at 1600 Atlantic as one of the top football players […]

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