NUMBER ONE It’s hard to imagine a Long Beach high school football season to go better than it did at the end of 2021 when Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton and St. Anthony all reached CIF championship games. Poly was moved down to Division 4 but its 20th CIF football championship didn’t mean any less […]
The Long Beach Poly football team got its CIF-SS championship rings last week, in an emotional ceremony followed by a family-style potluck. The Jackrabbits’ rings were paid for in part thanks to a $15,000 donation from Carnival Cruise Line, presented during a visit by Chargers QB Justin Herbert to the campus earlier this school year. […]
The offseason can be monotonous for high school football programs, with the same lifting/film/practice schedule day after day, week after week, with no games to break things up. Last weekend at Long Beach Poly, the Jackrabbits got a chance to do something new and out of the ordinary as the Los Angeles Chargers and Nike […]
Long Beach Poly alum JuJu Smith-Schuster was back at his alma mater last weekend, hosting a free football camp for Long Beach middle school students. Smith-Schuster, who graduated from Poly a decade ago, has since gone on to a Pro Bowl NFL career with the Steelers, and this offseason signed with the Chiefs. Smith-Schuster has […]
Another star football player at Long Beach Poly has announced his college commitment, as senior-to-be Daylen Austin posted on social media Monday that he’s committed to LSU. Austin is a four-star defensive back ranked among the top 15 players at any position in California in the 2023 class. He also on Tuesday got the news […]
Millikan football hosted a competitive 7 v 7 tournament on Saturday with some of the best schools in California. As temperatures reached above 90, the ‘Tournament of Champions’ brought out top teams in St. John Bosco, Centennial, and Mater Dei; city rival Long Beach Poly had to pull out due to COVID-19 issues. “These are […]
