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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Poly is trying to return to former glory under first-year coach Anthony Perez. He was at Jordan last year after seven seasons coaching the lower levels at Poly. Now Perez is back to reinvigorate the program while welcoming back key players. “We’re trying to get that Poly feeling going again after a tough year,” Perez […]

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Long Beach Poly alum and city legend Willie McGinest will be featured on the NFL Network in a one-hour documentary this evening at 5 p.m. Long Beach time; the show is already slotted to re-air several times in the coming week. A Football Life: Willie McGinest will take a deep look into the Long Beach […]

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Fans and longtime coaches alike had to agree after Long Beach Poly’s 26-3 stunner over Narbonne: there was something decidedly old-school about that Jackrabbit defense. Poly was supposed to lose the game with the Gauchos, and probably handily. Narbonne was ranked No. 12 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and the CalPreps.com game simulation had […]