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Long Beach Poly Volleyball

Long Beach Poly Draws Division 1 Berth in CIF State Volleyball Playoffs

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.

The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team (28-10) was knocked out of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs in the semifinals, but the Jackrabbits’ season isn’t over. Poly moved up a slot and received the No. 9 seed into the CIF State Division 1 Playoffs, which will begin on Tuesday.

That’s the good news. The bad news? The Jackrabbits got a classic CIF State road trip–they travel to No. 8 San Luis Obispo High on Tuesday evening.

“My first thought looking at the bracket?” asked Poly coach Gerald Aquiningoc. “It’s far.”

Poly will try to earn a narrow upset over the 27-7 Tigers. If Poly wins they’ll face the winner of Harvard-Westlake (on the road) and San Marcos (at home) on Thursday evening.

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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