Chase Utley
Long Beach Poly

Watch Chase Utley’s Tear-Jerking Reunion

Twelve years ago Long Beach Poly alum Chase Utley met a young cancer patient named Devin Smeltzer. Utley was a star with the Phillies at the time and Smeltzer was a 10 year-old who’d been undergoing treatment for bladder and prostate cancer for a year. “Baseball let me be a kid, that’s where my love […]

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Cabrillo Long Beach Poly

Baseball: Cabrillo Pushes Long Beach Poly In Tight League Game

Cabrillo baseball coach Pedro Torres said before the season that his team wanted to hang its hat on defense and competitive fire. His Jaguars must have been listening, because Cabrillo gave Long Beach Poly everything they could handle on Thursday afternoon at Blair Field. The two teams were tied headed to the seventh inning before […]

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Lakewood Long Beach Poly

Baseball: Long Beach Poly Tops Lakewood In Thriller

Long Beach Poly and Lakewood crammed an entire Moore League season’s worth of offense into a Tuesday afternoon extra-innings thriller at the Gwynn Family Field on Poly’s campus. The Jackrabbits ended up winning a wild dash home by Nolan Brown, who scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal […]

Marcedes Lewis
Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly Alum Marcedes Lewis Released By Jaguars

After 12 seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Long Beach Poly alum Marcedes Lewis was released by the team Tuesday afternoon. Lewis, a two-time Pro Bowler, helped the Jaguars to the AFC championship game this year. The longest-tenured Jaguar, he is also the Poly alum with the second-longest NFL career, trailing only Willie McGinest’s 15 years. […]