Two decades of dominance for the Long Beach Poly girls’ track and field program continued on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Track and Field Finals, as the Jackrabbit girls brought home their 21st CIF-SS championship. Only once since the year 2000 have the Poly girls failed to finish either first or second at the […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
CIF Track: Wilson Boys Bring Home CIF-SS Title On Magical Day
Somehow, PJ Jefferson still had the energy to dance. The Iowa-bound Wilson senior put on a heroic performance on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field Finals, winning both the 300 hurdles and the 400 (becoming just the second-ever athlete to do so), and running strong legs for the Bruins’ second-place 4×100 and […]
CIF Track: Jordan’s Xavier Heard Makes School History At Finals
Jordan senior Xavier Heard has talked a lot over the last month about fulfilling his family’s proud athletic history at Jordan High. There has been a long line of Heards who’ve gone through the Panther hallways in North Long Beach, many of whom have been standout athletes as well. On Saturday at the CIF-SS Division […]
CIF Track: Lakewood’s Cherish Washington Claims CIF-SS Title
It’s been a special season for Lakewood senior Cherish Washington, and the CSUN signee wrote a happy ending to it with a strong performance at the CIF-SS Division 1 championships at Trabuco Hills High. Washington claimed the CIF-SS title in the shot put with a heave of 43-1 and was the runner-up in the discus […]
CIF Track: Millikan’s Monrroy Has Strong Showing At CIF-SS Finals
The future remains bright for Millikan’s Samarra Monrroy, who had a strong showing at the CIF-SS Division 1 Finals on Saturday at Trabuco Hills. Monrroy, a junior, is a soccer player who burst onto the statewide track and field scene as a freshman with a standout season, finishing as a state runner-up in the 400. […]
CIF Track: St. Anthony’s Small But Mighty Crew Claims Silver
St. Anthony had a small track and field team this year, but head coach Ericka Brooks’ squad made history on Saturday afternoon at the CIF-SS Division 4 track and field finals. The Saints got huge performances from Cal-bound Asjah Atkinson and new CSU Fullerton signee London Lee to grab the silver plaque. “We knew we […]
CIF Baseball: Millikan Blasts Past Saugus Into Semifinals
Dean Ormonde had never hit a homerun. Hold that. “Well, I mean I did in 12U when the fences were like 200 feet,” he said. Depending on how you look at it, Ormonde picked a great time for his first–or second–career homer, as his first-inning blast gave Millikan a huge boost in a road CIF-SS […]
Long Beach Poly Basketball Shuts Down Esperanza For CIF-SS Division 1 Championship
A historic year produced a historic championship. The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team had won six CIF Southern Section titles and six CIF State titles coming into Thursday night’s CIF-SS Division 1 championship against Esperanza, but they’d never done it at home. That special accomplishment came as the result of an unbelievable COVID year […]
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TONIGHT: Long Beach Poly Hosts Esperanza In CIF-SS Division 1 Final
There’s been plenty of history made over the last century-plus by the Long Beach Poly basketball programs. The Jackrabbits’ girls’ and boys’ teams have won a combined 26 CIF-SS championships and seven state titles, and produced hundreds of scholarship players and a half dozen McDonald’s All-Americans. Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Ron Palmer Pavilion, […]