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Athlete of the Week Basketball Long Beach Poly Millikan Soccer St. Anthony Water Polo Wilson

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club.

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support.

HIGH SCHOOL

Helena Vu, Long Beach Poly Basketball

Helena Vu led Long Beach Poly with 15 points in the Jackrabbits’ win over Wilson, which extended their Moore League win streak to 205 games. 

Jonas Oware, Long Beach Poly Basketball

Junior Jonas Oware put up another monster game in Poly’s win over fellow Moore League undefeated Millikan. Oware had 18 points, 16 rebounds, and seven blocks.

Aman Haynes, St. Anthony Basketball

Senior Aman Haynes was the game’s top scorer in St. Anthony’s big win over Serra. Haynes had 22 points in the win for the Saints.

Alexandra Rios, Millikan Soccer

Sophomore Alexandra “Furby” Rios scored Millikan’s goal in the Rams’ 1-0 win over Long Beach Poly, which keeps Millikan in the Moore League title chase.

Reece Haga, Wilson Water Polo

​​Reece Haga got the game going for Wilson with two goals in the first quarter and ended with a hat trick, one of three Bruins who had a hat trick in their win against the Rams. 

Grayson Gilmore, Wilson Soccer

Grayson Gilmore kept the clean sheet for the Bruins with a handful of saves in the second half of a 4-0 shutout win over Poly.

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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