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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Drops Instant Classic at Los Al, Ruff Sets Scoring Record

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Much will be said about the new playoff format for the CIF-Southern Section and how it impacts all sports, including boys’ basketball. But any formula that produces games like we saw on Friday night at Los Alamitos High must be getting something right. Two public […]

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Basketball Cabrillo

CIF Boys’ Basketball: Cabrillo Comes Alive To Beat Valencia, Advances To Quarterfinals

The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The Cabrillo basketball team lives for the big moment, and they showed it once again during the fourth quarter of their CIF-SS Division 2A second rounder. Despite trailing for most of the game against visiting Valencia, the Jags’ came alive down the stretch in […]

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Basketball Soccer

Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

There’s a lot to love on Valentine’s Day for Long Beach high school sports fans, with six teams in action–two boys’ basketball and two girls’ soccer teams are in the second round while a pair of boys’ soccer teams will play rain-delayed first-rounders today. Friday, February 14 Boys’ Basketball (Second Round) Division 1: Long Beach […]

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Basketball Lakewood Photos

PHOTOS: Lakewood vs. Corona Santiago, CIF Girls’ Basketball

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood started the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA girls’ basketball playoffs with a 58-50 home victory over Corona Santiago. Senior Nyemah King scored a game-high 20 points for the Lancers. Lakewood visits Lynwood on Saturday for the second round.

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Slow Start Dooms Long Beach Poly Against Summit

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Moore League champions from Long Beach Poly got a rude welcome to the postseason by the visiting Summit High on Thursday night. The Jackrabbits were flummoxed by the Skyhawks’ defensive pressure, leading to a rash of turnovers and easy buckets for the visitors from […]