Long Beach Poly junior defensive back Daylen Austin already had plans for this Saturday. The five-star recruit was scheduled to take an unofficial visit to Oregon, where he was going to watch his older brother Alex suit up for visiting Oregon State in a crosstown rivalry game between the Ducks and Beavers. Daylen had to […]
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Ticket Info, Links For Long Beach CIF-SS Championship Football Games
We’re hoping that as we drive all over Southern California to cover this week’s championship games, we’ll see you in the stands! Long Beach and Moore League teams made history with four teams in the finals, including Jordan making it for the first time ever and Compton making it for the first time since 1979. […]
PODCAST: Long Beach High School Football Championship Preview Interviews
This week we’re interviewing players and coaches from the four Long Beach football teams who are playing a CIF Southern Section championship game this weekend. 13:30 Long Beach Poly head coach Stephen Barbee 18:10 Long Beach Poly senior Donovan Poe 19:00 Long Beach Poly senior Jalen Johnson 20:45 Jordan head coach Tim Wedlow 23:00 Jordan […]
Four Local Teams Feted at CIF Southern Section Football Banquet
There’s almost a half-century of history behind the CIF Southern Section’s championship football luncheon, which has been held for the last several years at the Grand in Long Beach. Each year, the finalists for each CIF-SS football divisional championship gather to have lunch, be celebrated by their peers, and hear a message from the program’s […]
Long Beach Poly Makes Return to CIF-SS Championship Banquet
Long Beach Poly has been to the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon plenty of times over the last half-century, but haven’t made the short trip to the Grand in Long Beach since 2012. On Monday, the Jackrabbits made their return as they prepare to face St. Francis in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game […]
Compton Goes From Envelope Draw to CIF-SS Banquet
The Compton football team has been on a roller coaster of emotions this season. After getting into the playoffs thanks to an envelope draw, the team was sitting among the 28 finalists in the CIF Southern Section at the banquet hall at the Grand on Monday morning. The moment was one Compton coach Calvin Bryant […]
St. Anthony Football Happy to Make CIF-SS Luncheon
It finally hit most of the St. Anthony football team on Saturday morning. “Being there at practice (on Saturday), it finally felt like we were going to the title game,” Saints senior running back/ linebacker Anakin Aupiu said. After a near disastrous ending in their CIF Southern Section Division 10 Semifinal game against Salesian, the […]
Jordan Gets Comfortable At CIF Football Championship Luncheon
As the Jordan Panthers contingent walked into the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon at The Grand Hotel in Long Beach on Monday, principal Keisha Irving looked around and nodded her head. “We’ve got to do this more often,” she said. “We should get used to being here.” This is the first time Jordan has […]
The562.Org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Camille Lindsay, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Lindsay was a Top 10 finisher at the 2021 CIF-SS Cross Country Championships over the weekend, finishing with a time of 18:11, the fastest time ever for a Poly girls’ […]
Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Championship Week
A record four Moore League and Long Beach football teams will compete for CIF-SS championships this Friday and Saturday. Here’s the full schedule so you can make your plans. Click here for all our coverage from the semifinals. Division 4: Long Beach Poly @ St. Francis (Campus stadium, Saturday 7 p.m.) Division 10: St. Anthony […]