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 hasn’t been a perfect year for anyone, but it was a perfect season on the field for the Long Beach Poly football team. The Jackrabbits wrapped up an undefeated Spring COVID-19 season with a 4-0 record on Friday night, defeating Millikan 48-0 to assert Poly’s Long Beach supremacy. “With all the things that have […]
Not since Alden Darby was at Millikan in a starring role in 2008 and 2009 has Long Beach’s biggest football star been a Ram–but wide receiver Ezavier Staples is hoping to wear that mantle in 2020. The 6-foot-2 senior-to-be had more than a dozen scholarship offers to choose from, including most of the Pac-12, and […]
We’ve got some great shots of Wilson’s Senior Night win over Millikan, which sews up third place in the Moore League for the Bruins. Wilson was led by Risa Sena (17 kills) and Mikayla Nolte (6 kills). Poly and Lakewood will play Thursday for the Moore League championship. CIF playoff brackets will be released on […]