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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly’s Carl Buggs Reaches 600 Wins With Jackrabbits

After Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team defeated Jordan last week, there was a brief surprise ceremony. Announcer and assistant coach Art Thompson III congratulated Poly girls’ basketball coach Carl Buggs on his 600th win with the Jackrabbits. Thompson III went through the school’s record books and added up Buggs’ total a few weeks ago […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State Volleyball Drops Five-Set Match to Penn State

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was dealt its first loss of the season in a tightly-played thriller against Penn State Saturday evening in the Walter Pyramid. It was fitting that the match was so even as the Beach entered the night ranked No. 3 in the nation, while they Nittany Lions were No. […]

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Basketball Compton Long Beach Poly

Boys’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Grinds Out Win Over Compton

There weren’t a lot of highlights in Long Beach Poly’s Moore League matchup with Compton on Thursday night in the Ron Palmer Pavilion. The Jackrabbits controlled the game from tipoff to the final buzzer with stifling defense, forcing 14 turnovers and keeping Compton out of rhythm all game. The Jackrabbits gave up just seven points […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

Feature: Long Beach Poly Runs COVID-19 Basketball Gauntlet

The Long Beach Poly boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have dominated the Moore League for the last decade-plus, but in that time have never faced anything like the challenge they undertook over the last week. Both programs–like most programs in the city–had to deal with a COVID-19 shutdown. That necessitated a ton of rescheduled games, […]

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Basketball Football Jordan

Football: Jordan’s Damian Henderson Gets Arizona, Colorado State Scholarship Offers

Jordan football star Damian Henderson got the news he’s been waiting on his entire life last week—the junior running back received his first scholarship offer from the University of Arizona, an offer that was quickly followed by another, from Colorado State. “I didn’t know what to do, I was just so surprised and so happy, […]