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Long Beach High School Football Playoff Schedule, Quarterfinals

Four local teams qualified for this week’s CIF-SS quarterfinal round thanks to wins last week. All games are Friday at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 4: Long Beach Poly @ Upland, 7 p.m. Division 10: St. Anthony @ Katella, 7 p.m. (@ Glover Stadium, La Palma Park) Division 11: Jordan @ Granite Hills Division […]

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ROUNDUP: Wilson, Poly Advance to CIF-SS Water Polo Semifinals

Saturday was a historic day for Long Beach boys’ water polo teams, with four teams playing in the quarterfinals–the first time in history that four teams from the Moore League made it that deep into the playoffs. CLICK HERE to read about Wilson’s win over PV / VIDEO PHOTOS CLICK HERE to read about Long […]

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ROUNDUP: Four Long Beach Football Teams Make CIF-SS Quarterfinals

Friday was a memorable and historic night for Long Beach football and the Moore League. The league went 3-1 in the first round to advance three teams to the quarterfinals for the first time since the early 1980s. Long Beach Poly, Jordan, and Compton all won games–it was the first time the Panthers had advanced […]

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CIF State Volleyball: Lakewood Makes Open Bracket

The Lakewood Lancers received a major honor on Sunday with the release of the CIF State Girls’ Volleyball brackets. The Lancers are one of the eight teams from all of Southern California to make the prestigious Open Division, as Lakewood is seeded seventh and will travel to Cathedral Catholic in San Diego Wednesday evening. Because […]

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CIF Tennis: Long Beach Poly Advances to Monday’s Quarterfinals

Long Beach Poly’s girls’ tennis team went on the road and defeated host El Monte 15-3 in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs last Friday. The Jackrabbits advanced to Monday’s quarterfinal round, which will see Poly host Carpinteria at 2 p.m. on campus. If Poly can advance past Monday’s quarterfinal […]

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CIF Water Polo: Long Beach Poly Makes More History With Quarterfinal Win

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. There are a lot of smart, knowledgeable coaches and parents associated with the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo program, but all of them were stumped by one question Saturday afternoon: when was the last time this […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Water Polo Playoff Schedule

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Four Moore League teams have made it into the quarterfinals and all four are competing today as they try to advance to Wednesday’s semifinals. Division 1: Wilson @ Palos Verde, 3 p.m. Division 4: Long Beach Poly […]

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Football Long Beach Poly

CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Rolls Past Trabuco Hills

Additional reporting by Sai Trivedi and Aidan Currie After a 1-3 start to the season, the Long Beach Poly football team spent six weeks preparing for the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Every week they fixed up one aspect of their game or another, and every week they looked sharper. But there was no way for […]