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Girls’ Basketball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

Photo by Art O’Neill/John Napalan The Jackrabbits and head coach Carl Buggs have been building towards this season for the last couple of years. Poly returns three first-team All-Moore League players in senior Ashlee Lewis (a Fullerton signee) and juniors Kalaya Buggs and Simone Morris.  “We’re going to go about as far as our experience […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! HIGH SCHOOL Ronan McMahon-Staggs, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Ronan McMahon-Staggs led his Jackrabbits back to the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals with a strong performance at last week’s prelims. McMahon-Staggs finished eighth in […]

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Cross Country: Long Beach Poly, Wilson Boys Make CIF-SS Finals

Long Beach Poly and Wilson’s boys’ cross country teams both advanced out of last weekend’s CIF Southern Section prelims to qualify for Saturday’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be held in Riverside. Boys The Jackrabbits and Bruins were the headliners, with Wilson qualifying for the Finals for the first time since 2008. Poly won their heat […]

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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Drops Frustrating Game To Rancho Cucamonga

Filing out of the stadium at Rancho Cucamonga, Long Beach Poly fans all had a similar look on their faces: disbelief. The Jackrabbits had outgained the Cougars by 100 yards, forced two turnovers, doubled up Rancho’s vaunted passing attack by yardage, and had the ball inside the Rancho Cucamonga red zone four times. Despite all […]

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CIF State Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Swept By Sierra Canyon

A promising run in the CIF State Division 1 girls’ volleyball playoffs was cut short for Long Beach Poly on Thursday evening, as the Jackrabbits were swept at Sierra Canyon in the quarterfinals, 25-17, 31-29, 25-23. “The girls fought,” said Poly coach Leland McGrath. “They scouted us really well and they exploited some weaknesses. We […]

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PREVIEW: Long Beach Cross Country Teams Ready For CIF-SS Prelims

Nine Long Beach cross country teams are readying for the CIF Southern Section cross country prelims on Friday at the Riverside City Cross Country Course. Parking will be $10 a car and general admission tickets will be $10; tickets are $5 for students with ID and children under 13. Three Moore League girls’ teams will […]

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CIF Football Preview: Long Beach Poly at Rancho Cucamonga

Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee had a good time celebrating his team’s overtime thriller against Orange Lutheran last week in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs–for about thirty seconds. As his team was still celebrating with their fans on the field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Barbee was getting […]