Here are today’s CIF-SS playoff games involving Long Beach sports teams in boys’ water polo and girls’ tennis. WATER POLO (Games at 5 p.m.) (In Division 1, Wilson will host Damien tomorrow evening) Division 3: Millikan vs Arcadia Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs Ayala (@ Cabrillo) Division 6: Lakewood @ Tahquitz Division 6: Cabrillo […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kensley Flynn, Avalon Volleyball Junior Kensley Flynn had 12 kills and 7 blocks in Avalon’s quarterfinal win over California Lutheran. Flynn’s leadership at the net has powered the Lancers to the CIF-SS semifinals once again. Maya Alvarez, […]
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This Friday marks the start of the high school football playoffs in Southern California. Here’s where all the Long Beach teams are playing and when–we’ll be at every game. All games start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 4 Long Beach Poly vs. Trabuco Hills (Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.) Division 6 Millikan @ […]
Jordan football coach Tim Wedlow knew his team still had a good chance at the CIF Southern Section playoffs, even after losing the envelope draw tiebreaker for third place and the Moore League’s final playoff spot. The Panthers were always a strong candidate for an at-large berth, because of their .500 record. But even with […]
One question was ripping around Long Beach social media after Sunday morning’s release of this year’s CIF Southern Section playoff brackets: “Division 4?!” That is indeed where longtime power Long Beach Poly is seeded, as the No. 1 team in Division 4. The Jackrabbits will host Trabuco Hills this Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium at […]
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 has won 11 CIF Southern Section championships, and was for two decades a national power, winning four championships before the school’s vaunted football program had won its first. The last […]
Long Beach Poly was playing as the road team at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a game that Lakewood was hosting while their campus field is renovated–but the Jackrabbits looked right a home in their regular season finale, defeating the Lancers 56-0 in dominant fashion. The Jackrabbits looked so good that their head coach’s only critique […]
Compton High’s football team is back in the playoffs after winning the Moore League’s dramatic envelope draw tiebreaker on Friday evening at Veterans Memorial Stadium. “We just saw it on your Twitter and it was pandemonium on the bus,” said Compton football coach Calvin Bryant. “It was crazy. It’s great to get this opportunity. Any […]
We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football games with Long Beach Poly at Lakewood, Millikan at Wilson, Compton at Cabrillo, and we’ll also have lie updates from the postgame tiebreaker Envelope Draw if necessary. CLICK HERE for our previews of the games. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support […]