A few weeks before Shea Kuykendall was set to start his freshman year at Long Beach Poly, the quarterback made a bold proclamation to coach Stephen Barbee. “Coach, I’m going to be the first four-year quarterback here since Chris Lewis,” he said. Barbee chuckles about the story now. “It tells you something about a kid’s […]
Last basketball season was a tumultuous one for Long Beach and much of the rest of Southern California. Long Beach high school teams launched their seasons on less than two weeks notice, some of them after just a handful of practices following a summer and fall without the typical practice games. This year, coaches at […]
Cal-Hi Sports’ recently updated State record book shows that Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team might have as dominant a history as the school’s football teams. The Jackrabbits enter this season with 2,105 all-time victories dating back to 1907–no other school in California has more than 1,800 wins. The Jackrabbits’ co-Moore League championship in the […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Coming off an exhilarating week that saw a 92-year CIF title drought come to an end, the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team did what it needed to do on Tuesday night at the Cabrillo High […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. CIF State Water Polo: Long Beach Poly vs. Cleveland Long Beach Poly opened the CIF State SoCal Regionals for boys’ water polo, hosting Cleveland in the Cabrillo High pool. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, […]
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Long Beach State’s backcourt of Joel Murray and Colin Slater put on an impressive display on Monday night at Pauley Pavilion, but it wasn’t enough for the Beach to keep up with No. 2 UCLA. The Bruins (3-0) outscored the Beach (1-1) 52-34 in the second half to pull away for a 100-79 victory. Murray […]
We’re hoping that as we drive all over Southern California to cover this week’s playoff semifinal games, we’ll see you in the stands! Long Beach teams made history with four teams in the semis, including Jordan making it for the first time ever and Compton making it for the first time since 1979. All tickets […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Julia Sutedjo, Long Beach Poly Tennis Long Beach Poly singles star Julia Sutedjo helped to power the Jackrabbits to their historic CIF-SS title. Sutedjo went 3-0 in the championship, the only Poly player to do so in […]