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FEATURE: Long Beach Poly’s Donovan Poe, Life of the Party

You might hear Donovan Poe coming before you see him. The Long Beach Poly senior and Army commit is vocal, and hilarious. On the field, at practice, or in the classroom he keeps people laughing. As a sophomore, he went viral in Southern California for a TikTok in which he explained why different players went […]

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High School Football Preview: St. Anthony at Marina

There is no historic football rivalry between St. Anthony and Marina High School. The teams haven’t played since 2016–a 48-21 Saints win that year–and have only met twice since 2004. But when the teams square off tonight at 7 p.m. in Huntington Beach, there will be plenty of history on the opposing sidelines. St. Anthony […]

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High School Football Preview: Wilson vs. Cabrillo

Wilson is still searching for its first win of the season and it has a great opportunity to grab it tonight in Moore League play against visiting Cabrillo. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. “It’s been a little frustrating,” Wilson first-year coach Scott Meyer said. “We’ll get a great drive going and then hurt ourselves. […]

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High School Football Preview: Lakewood vs Jordan

The Lakewood and Jordan football teams head into their matchup Friday night at Jordan on different sides of shutout contests last week. The Lancers (1-3) are coming off a huge 67-0 victory over Cabrillo that gave Justin Utupo his first win as the head coach of Lakewood. In the victory, Lancer quarterback Braden Downen threw […]

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High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan

There was an electricity in the air at Long Beach Poly and Millikan’s football practices this week, as the two top teams in the city prepare to meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Stadium. While the Jackrabbits (1-3) and Rams (2-3) are both on the wrong end of .500, there’s little doubt that […]

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The562.org’s College Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our college Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Katie Kennedy, Long Beach State Volleyball The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team improved to 6-5 with an upset of No. 21 University of San Diego last week, their first Top 25 win in five seasons. […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our high school Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Sone Aupiu, St. Anthony Football St. Anthony senior Sone Aupiu turned in the best performance of any Long Beach football player so far this year in a Saints win over St. Pius X/St. Matthias. Aupiu’s […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Outclassed By Corona Centennial

When Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee put together his team’s challenging nonleague schedule (with two games against top ten teams in the state, and another against a top 30 team), he did so hoping to find out a lot about his young team. At the end of that nonleague schedule, the Jackrabbits have […]