We’ve got highlights of the Jackrabbits’ sweep of the Mustangs. High School Volleyball: Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa We’ve got highlights of the Jackrabbits’ sweep of the Mustangs in the first round of the playoffs.
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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.
STORY: Long Beach Poly Volleyball Sweeps Past Mira Costa Into Quarterfinals
Long Beach Poly’s girls’ volleyball team didn’t just dominate Mira Costa in a sweep in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. The Jackrabbits dominated in their way, with physicality at the net and a ton of weapons all over the court. Poly prevailed at home against the Mustangs 25-20, 25-20, 25-23. “Our […]
PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly at Lakewood Football
Long Beach Poly closes the regular season tonight on the road against Lakewood, looking to sew up an undefeated Moore League championship. The Jackrabbits (7-2, 5-0) have outscored league opponents 191-21, a margin that would likely have been bigger if lightning hadn’t ended last week’s game against Jordan a few minutes into the second quarter […]
PREVIEW: Cabrillo vs. Compton Football
After a disappointing loss to Lakewood last week, Compton will look to bounce back on the road against Cabrillo tonight. The two teams employ similar styles as both will run the ball first to set up the pass. Although Compton had an undefeated non league schedule and is in the middle of the Tarbabes’ best […]
PREVIEW: St. Anthony vs. St. Paul Football
The Saints are hosting a Del Rey League championship game tonight at Clark Field at 7 p.m. If St. Anthony (3-6, 2-1) can pull off the upset of St. Paul, it would create a three-way league title between the Saints, St. Paul, and Harvard-Westlake. In that scenario, the three teams would share the league championship […]
STORY: St. Anthony Wins Wild Five-Gamer To Open CIF
St. Anthony went on the road and pulled off a crazy five-set win over La Serna, 25-17, 14-25, 25-21, 21-25, 22-20. The Saints were led by Jaena Bell’s 17 kills and nine digs, Camille Harvey’s 15 kills, and a big night from Cal commit Isabella Bareford. The setter had 56 assists, 10 digs, and three […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa CIF Volleyball
We’ve got some great photos of the Jackrabbits’ three-set win taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Volleyball CIF Matches
We’ll have live updates from Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa, Lakewood at Marymount, Wilson at Cypress, Millikan at Culver City, and St. Anthony at La Serna. If you see anything missing tweet us at @562sports. Tweets by 562sports
TONIGHT: Long Beach Girls’ Volleyball Teams Start Playoffs
Six Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams start the playoffs tonight at 6 p.m.–we’ve got previews of every match and we’ll have live updates this evening. The second round is slated for Saturday at 6 p.m., except for Division 1, which won’t play again until next week. Division 1 Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa CLICK […]
PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa CIF Girls’ Volleyball
Division 1: Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa, 6 p.m. The Jackrabbits host Mira Costa in the best match perhaps anywhere in Southern California this evening, with Division 1’s No. 8 and No. 9 teams meeting. Poly will be the slight underdog, although that’s mostly academic in a meeting of the Moore League champions and […]