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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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Mater Dei CIF State Volleyball
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CIF State Volleyball: Brutal Bracket Draw For Poly, St. Anthony
The CIF State girls’ volleyball bracket was released Sunday evening, with a cruel twist for Long Beach Poly fans. The Jackrabbits were defeated in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals by one of the nation’s top programs in Mater Dei, a difficult loss but one that provided a silver lining. In years past, that […]
ROUNDUP: Long Beach CIF Playoff Football Coverage
We’ve got links to all our articles, videos, and photo galleries from the opening week of the playoffs. Millikan 53, Pacifica 6 / READ MORE about the Rams’ first-round win. WATCH VIDEO. SEE PHOTOS. JSerra 42, Long Beach Poly 9 / READ MORE about the Jackrabbits’ loss. WATCH VIDEO. SEE PHOTOS. Mira Costa 41, Wilson 20 / SEE […]
CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Falls To JSerra
How did Long Beach Poly’s CIF Division 1 football playoff opener against JSerra go? At one point the game was stopped for five minutes because the chain on the first-down marker broke. Unfortunately for Jackrabbit fans, that was a symbolic moment in the night for a game that saw every break go against the home […]