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2025 Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 9 Five Long Beach Teams Win CIF-SS Academic Championships

Out of 556 total high schools in the CIF-SS, Long Beach Poly boys’ and girls’ cross country, Poly boys’ and girls’ wrestling, and Wilson girls’ water polo posted the highest cumulative unweighted team GPAs in the large school division for their respective sports. This success, both in each team’s sport and in the classroom, earn […]

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Long Beach Athletes Thrive in Men’s Water Polo World Championships, Volleyball Nations League

More than a dozen Long Beach natives and Long Beach State athletes have been competing across the globe this summer at the Men’s Water Polo World Championships and in the Volleyball Nations League. Men’s Water Polo World Championships The USA Men’s Senior National Team is in Singapore for the Water Polo World Championships, featuring four […]

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Long Beach Poly, Wilson Earn CIF-SS Academic Championships

Five Long Beach teams were honored at Angel Stadium last week for claiming 2024-25 CIF Southern Section Academic championships. Out of 556 total high schools in the CIF-SS, Long Beach Poly boys and girls cross country, Poly boys and girls wrestling, and Wilson girls water polo posted the highest cumulative unweighted team GPAs in the […]

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CIF Girls’ Water Polo: Wilson Holds Off Foothill

The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. You would be hard pressed to find a water polo game where one player scored all of the goals for their team. Not only did […]

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Long Beach Poly Water Polo

CIF Girls’ Water Polo: Second Quarter Dooms Long Beach Poly in Semifinal Loss to Flintridge Sacred Heart

The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. For most of Tuesday night, Long Beach Poly was the slightly better team in the CIF-SS Division 3 girls’ water polo semifinals against Flintridge Sacred Heart at Cabrillo High. But the visiting Tologs did more than enough damage in […]