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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Volleyball

TODAY: Long Beach Poly, Lakewood Volleyball Showdown

The Moore League championship is on the line this afternoon at Lakewood in the Tim Sweeney Gymnasium as the Lancers host Long Beach Poly in a huge girls’ volleyball showdown at 4 p.m. Poly won a five-set thriller in the teams’ first meeting so the Jackrabbits are in the driver’s seat. A win would mean […]

Liz Schuster
Long Beach Poly Volleyball

FEATURE: Poly’s Liz Schuster Adds To Jackrabbit Legacy

Liz Schuster grew up steeped in the lore of Long Beach Poly sports culture–now she’s a major part of it. She spent her childhood years going to Jackrabbit football games. In 2012 her older brother, Gasetoto “G-Mac” Schuster, and cousin, JuJu Smith-Schuster, were key players in Poly’s CIF championship run and Liz was there for […]

Julia Crawford
Lakewood Volleyball

FEATURE: Lakewood’s Julia Crawford Has Made Her Own Name

Julia Crawford wanted nothing more than to make a name for herself. The Lakewood outside hitter and Fullerton commit grew up on the baseball and softball diamonds of Long Beach, watching her older brother JP and older sister Eliza play–and excel. When she was entering high school she almost wanted to break with family tradition […]

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Athlete of the Week Long Beach State

The562.org’s College Athletes Of The Week

Congrats to this week’s winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Carly Hill, Long Beach State Volleyball After a tough loss to UC Irvine last week, Long Beach State was looking for a win in the Pyramid against UC Davis on Saturday night. Tyler Spriggs came up huge offensively for the 49ers […]

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Compton Football Long Beach Poly

Football: Long Beach Poly Blanks Compton

In the most significant meeting of the two teams in a decade, Long Beach Poly proved it’s still a cut above its Moore League competition in a Homecoming clash with Compton on Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Jackrabbits quieted what had been a very effective Compton offensive attack and dominated in a 35-0 victory. […]