The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.
The CIF Southern Section playoff brackets have been released, revealing the path for four Long Beach teams:
Games will be 7pm on Friday and feature plenty of exciting storylines–including Lakewood and Millikan potentially meeting in a second round matchup if both advance. Long Beach Poly finished with the highest rating of the local teams on HSRatings.com, used by the CIF-SS to create the playoff divisions–but the Jackrabbits withdrew from the playoffs on Friday and won’t participate for just the second time since 1979.
Division 4: Wilson vs Paraclete
Division 5: Lakewood at La Serna
Division 5: Millikan at Aliso Niguel
Division 11: St. Anthony vs El Monte
