The Moore League’s best sport this fall has been girls’ tennis, where Long Beach Poly (23-0) and Wilson (20-2) are both highly-ranked in their CIF-SS divisions and where both will be playing in semifinals this afternoon. The Jackrabbits are fresh off a 17-1 drumming of Great Oak in the quarters and will host La Canada […]
Both Long Beach Poly and Wilson won CIF Southern Section girls’ tennis playoff matches on Wednesday. The semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. Long Beach Poly (23-0) went on a long road trip to Temecula where the Jackrabbits handed Great Oak a 17-1 defeat in Division 2. Poly got sweeps from singles Ava […]
Long Beach Poly and Wilson both won their CIF Southern Section tennis matches on Friday to advance to Monday afternoon’s quarterfinals. Poly, the league champ in Division 2, hosted Corona Santiago and prevailed against the Sharks 13-5. The undefeated Jackrabbits (22-0) will travel to Great Oak on Monday to try and keep their run going. […]
The Wilson girls’ tennis team rolled to a 16-2 victory over visiting Oxford Academy on Wednesday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. The Bruins (19-2) will travel to Foothill Tech (9-3) on Friday for the second round. Wilson senior Bella Nguyen, the Moore League singles champion, was one of […]
After dropping her first set of the Moore League girls’ tennis tournament, Wilson senior Bella Nguyen bounced back to beat Poly’s defending champion Ava Deguzman 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-0 on Friday in the singles final at Billie Jean King Courts. “The tennis was amazing,” Wilson coach Keri McBride said. “We haven’t seen that caliber of […]
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With a 14-4 win over Wilson last week, Long Beach Poly improved to 17-0 on the season, 12-0 in the Moore League. The win clinches the Jackrabbits’ fifth consecutive team league championship. Poly was led by three doubles team sweeps with Men Phy/Isabella Feng, Sara Soderberg/Tara Rahai, and Lola Underwood/Dylan Dempsey all coming through with […]
The Long Beach Poly girls’ tennis team took over first place in the Moore League by beating Wilson 11-7 on the road Monday. The Jackrabbits doubles teams of senior Mey Phy/freshman Julia Sutedjo and senior Isabella Feng/sophomore Lola Underwood both swept their way to giving Poly an early lead. The two rivals will play again […]
The world of Moore League tennis tends to swing like a pendulum, typically between the city’s two oldest schools, Long Beach Poly and WIlson. The Jackrabbits have won the last four Moore League titles, while the Bruins had won the five before that. This year looks like a pair of epic showdowns could be in […]