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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At Millikan’s homecoming rally on Friday, sophomore Brian Mantooth was the lucky recipient of a t-shirt toss from football coach Romeo Pellum. Not only did Mantooth get to add to his wardrobe, but his other reward was calling the team’s first play against Cabrillo. His friends wanted him to call a Hail Mary and although […]
Long Beach Poly defeated Wilson and Millikan took down Lakewood on Wednesday afternoon to set up a first-place Moore League clash on Friday evening at Poly at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are undefeated at 5-0 in league. The Jackrabbits defeated Wilson 79-60 on a night that saw them get big contributions from several players, with […]
