The Long Beach Beach State women’s basketball team has been hanging its hat on defense since head coach Jeff Cammon took over the program. This year, that defense has been wreaking absolute havoc on opponents as the Beach have gotten off to an undefeated 4-0 start, with every game decided by at least 16 points. […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
ROUNDUP: Four Long Beach, Moore League Football Teams Headed to CIF-SS Championships!
For the first time in history, four Long Beach or Moore League football teams will compete in CIF Southern Section championships. Just a year after COVID-19 delayed the high school football season from the Fall to the Spring and stopped the playoffs before they began, four local teams will get a chance to put their […]
CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Locks Down Cypress, Headed to Championship Game
The season started with a sour note for the Long Beach Poly football team, but the Jackrabbits will have a chance to end it with a celebratory symphony. After starting the year 1-3, Poly has gotten better every week. Thanks to a dominant win in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinals, the Jackrabbits will […]
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs Cypress CIF Football, Jordan vs Twentynine Palms, Compton at Tahquitz, St. Anthony at Salesian
We’ll have live updates from Long Beach Poly vs Cypress, Jordan vs Twentynine Palms, Compton vs Tahquitz, and St. Anthony vs Salesian. All games scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. Click here for our previews. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Football vs Cypress, CIF-SS Semifinals
It’s been a decade since the Long Beach Poly football team has played in a CIF Southern Section championship game, but the Jackrabbits are just 48 minutes away from reaching one. Poly hosts Cypress at Veterans Memorial Stadium Friday night at 7 p.m. in a Division 4 matchup. If the Jackrabbits win they’ll travel next […]
CIF State Water Polo: Long Beach Poly Falls to Palisades In Thriller
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team has been swimming in uncharted waters for the last week as they’ve gotten deeper and deeper into the postseason. On Thursday night in Los Angeles, the Jackrabbits’ historic season […]
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly @ Palisades CIF State Water Polo
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. We’ll have live updates from Long Beach Poly visiting Palisades for a CIF State Southern California Regional semifinal game when it kicks off at 5 p.m. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports […]
Feature: Long Beach Poly’s Shea Kuykendall Leads With Resolve, Work Ethic
A few weeks before Shea Kuykendall was set to start his freshman year at Long Beach Poly, the quarterback made a bold proclamation to coach Stephen Barbee. “Coach, I’m going to be the first four-year quarterback here since Chris Lewis,” he said. Barbee chuckles about the story now. “It tells you something about a kid’s […]
Long Beach Boys’ Basketball Preview 2021-22
Last basketball season was a tumultuous one for Long Beach and much of the rest of Southern California. Long Beach high school teams launched their seasons on less than two weeks notice, some of them after just a handful of practices following a summer and fall without the typical practice games. This year, coaches at […]
Boys’ Basketball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits
Cal-Hi Sports’ recently updated State record book shows that Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team might have as dominant a history as the school’s football teams. The Jackrabbits enter this season with 2,105 all-time victories dating back to 1907–no other school in California has more than 1,800 wins. The Jackrabbits’ co-Moore League championship in the […]