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FEATURE: Long Beach Poly’s Donovan Poe, Life of the Party

You might hear Donovan Poe coming before you see him. The Long Beach Poly senior and Army commit is vocal, and hilarious. On the field, at practice, or in the classroom he keeps people laughing. As a sophomore, he went viral in Southern California for a TikTok in which he explained why different players went […]

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High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan

There was an electricity in the air at Long Beach Poly and Millikan’s football practices this week, as the two top teams in the city prepare to meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Stadium. While the Jackrabbits (1-3) and Rams (2-3) are both on the wrong end of .500, there’s little doubt that […]

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Volleyball: Lakewood Asserts Itself, Sweeps Long Beach Poly

Two years ago, Lakewood girls’ volleyball coach Mike Wadley put a nail in his wall. There wasn’t anything to hang on it yet, but he knew there would be. “We were good enough to be a league champion in 2019 and we didn’t get it done, then we didn’t get to play last year,” he […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our high school Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Sone Aupiu, St. Anthony Football St. Anthony senior Sone Aupiu turned in the best performance of any Long Beach football player so far this year in a Saints win over St. Pius X/St. Matthias. Aupiu’s […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Outclassed By Corona Centennial

When Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee put together his team’s challenging nonleague schedule (with two games against top ten teams in the state, and another against a top 30 team), he did so hoping to find out a lot about his young team. At the end of that nonleague schedule, the Jackrabbits have […]

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High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly at Corona Centennial

Long Beach Poly (1-2) got its first win of the season last week over Leuzinger, but the Jackrabbits will face the best team on their schedule tonight when they travel to Corona Centennial for their final nonleague game. The Huskies are 3-0 and have won their three games by a combined score of 140-28. They’re […]