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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Locks Down H-W, Moves on To Semis

Under head coach Carl Buggs, Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team has always been known for great defense and toughness. Both were on full display during a master class victory over Harvard-Westlake in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals on Wednesday evening in the Wolverines’ gym. Poly clamped down on a potent H-W attack […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Mistakes Doom Long Beach Poly In Loss To Windward

After Long Beach Poly’s season-ending loss to Windward in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, it was a long time before Jackrabbits coach Shelton Diggs could bring himself to leave the Poly locker room. It’s the kind of loss that haunts a coach, and leaves a team spending the entire […]

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Basketball Compton

CIF Boys’ Basketball: Compton Defense Dominates King On The Road

A stifling Compton boys’ basketball defense limited host King High to seven points in the third quarter of the CIF Southern Section Division 2A second round game on Tuesday night. Compton went on to take the game 63-48, and will host Crescenta Valley on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

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Basketball St. Anthony

CIF Boys’ Basketball: St. Anthony Wins At Riverside Poly

The St. Anthony boys’ basketball program won its sixth playoff game in the last two seasons on Tuesday night at Riverside Poly by using a big third quarter to take the CIF Southern Section Division 1 second round matchup 67-59. Junior Jadon Jones scored a team-high 22 points for the Saints, and senior Frank Staine […]