After Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team defeated Jordan last week, there was a brief surprise ceremony. Announcer and assistant coach Art Thompson III congratulated Poly girls’ basketball coach Carl Buggs on his 600th win with the Jackrabbits. Thompson III went through the school’s record books and added up Buggs’ total a few weeks ago […]
Ask anyone from Long Beach, and they’ll tell you they’re proud to be from Long Beach. Sometimes they’ll say it without you even asking. That’s certainly been true of me for most of my adult life—but I’ve never been prouder to be from my city than I was last Monday. The night before my wife […]
The Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer team pulled off an improbable comeback on Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division playoffs at Santa Ana Valley. Trailing 1-0 in the final minute, Poly’s Jossmar Briceño headed home the equalizer to force overtime. After a scoreless 20 minutes of extra time, the teams […]
