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Winter High School Sports Season Starts Today

Monday marks the official beginning of the high school winter sports season, with boys’ and girls’ basketball and soccer, girls’ water polo, and wrestling set to dominate the headlines for the next three months. It’s no surprise that the big name programs in each sport look set up to have the best seasons. Stay tuned […]

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CIF Cross Country: Long Beach Poly Boys Advance To Finals

It was a fast day for the Long Beach cross country runners competing at the CIF Southern Section prelims last Saturday in Riverside at the Riverside City Cross Country Course. Long Beach Poly’s boys cross country team, ranked No. 4 in CIF and No. 4 in the State, was able to advance easily to this […]

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CIF State Volleyball: Poly Falls At Mater Dei, St. Anthony Out Too

Long Beach Poly’s promising girls’ volleyball season came to an end on the road in the first round of the CIF State Open Division playoffs. The Jackrabbits had expected to be in the Division 1 bracket but were instead the lowest seed in the Open Division, with a road trip to top-seeded Mater Dei as […]

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CIF Tennis: Poly, Wilson Both Fall In Semifinals

A historic and memorable girls’ tennis season came to an end in Long Beach on Wednesday, at least in part. Long Beach Poly and Wilson, the city’s top two high school teams, were both defeated in the CIF Southern Section semifinals after memorable playoff runs. League champion Poly picked up their first loss to end […]

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Homegrown Trio Lock It Down For Long Beach State Women’s Soccer

Sarah Maher, Imani McDonald and Sarah Pilster (left to right) are true Long Beach soccer players. The homegrown trio all played high school soccer together in the Moore League, and club soccer with Beach FC, before attending Long Beach State and becoming integral pieces of Mauricio Ingrassia’s defense. LBSU (12-5-3) won the Big West Conference championship […]

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PODCAST: Long Beach High School Football Exit Interviews

00:00 Intro – Top Tennis Players In Long Beach 03:25 High School Football Exit Interviews 03:45 Millikan CIF Preview & Quotes From Coach Justin Utupo 07:30 Long Beach Poly Football Moving To Division 2? 12:40 Wilson Set Up For The Future 13:50 Lakewood Looking For New Coach 17:25 Compton At A Crossroads 18:35 Can Jordan […]

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CIF Tennis: Long Beach Poly, Wilson In Semifinals Today

The Moore League’s best sport this fall has been girls’ tennis, where Long Beach Poly (23-0) and Wilson (20-2) are both highly-ranked in their CIF-SS divisions and where both will be playing in semifinals this afternoon. The Jackrabbits are fresh off a 17-1 drumming of Great Oak in the quarters and will host La Canada […]

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CIF Girls’ Tennis: Poly, Wilson Easily Win Quarterfinal Matches

Both Long Beach Poly and Wilson won CIF Southern Section girls’ tennis playoff matches on Wednesday. The semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. Long Beach Poly (23-0) went on a long road trip to Temecula where the Jackrabbits handed Great Oak a 17-1 defeat in Division 2. Poly got sweeps from singles Ava […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Aliya Mesihovich, Wilson Cross Country Wilson won their first Moore League girls’ cross country championship in 15 years last Wednesday, thanks in large part to junior Aliya Mesihovich, who won the individual championship as well. Mesihovich […]