What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? @presstelegram @BeachVarsity @ocvarsity @mikehuntley63 pic.twitter.com/mqDrpMju7r. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Mekyle Jackson is wide open and runs into the end zone for a touchdown as they take on Leuzinger in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. In stints with the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Football Team and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he consistently scored on pass plays that covered 60 yards or more. The Long Beach Poly junior running back had 35 carries for 284 rushing yards and four touchdowns against Long Beach Millikan Friday night. There were three lead changes in the fourth quarter. Ever since I was little, the goal was to come out here and win a championship, score in a CIF Final, Finn Linas said, sporting the traditional San Clemente playoff buzz cut. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Shea Kuykendall hands the ball off to Devin Samples as the Jackrabbits take on Leuzinger in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. 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Lane Kiffin still does not know what wrong. CB; 5-10, 193 lbs; Rutgers; Scouts Grade; Position Rank; Overall Rank; Arm Length 32" Hand Size 9" 40-YD Dash 4.48; Conference TBD; 2010 Draft Pick Info. 1-yard TD run by Mission Viejo on 3rd and goal. He also rushed for 98 yards and a score. on Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits Football Preview, Football: Lakewood Closes Out Comeback Win Over Wilson, VIDEO: Jordan vs. Long Beach Poly, Boys Basketball, Softball: Lakewood Comes Back To Beat Wilson In Moore League Opener, LIVE UPDATES: Lakewood vs Wilson Softball, Baseball: Long Beach Poly Coach Brent Lavoie Placed on Administrative Leave. Defensively, Poe is the top returner for Poly but the Jackrabbits feature a scary line that includes Wendell Moe, as well as a deep linebacking corps centered around Jeremiah Fort and Ike Mikaele, with returner Jalen Johnson and sophomore transfer Dylan Williams, who already carries an offer from Arizona State. Theyve been great, theyre both team-first guys who want to win first and foremost, and theyre both going to play a lot, said Barbee. Romeo Radoc. It is a team built to win a Super Bowl in its home stadium, a feat achieved for the first time by the Buccaneers. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for Bones) Dan Castellaneta: actor and voice actor. Follow our sports coverage on Twitter @SouthOCSports and Instagram @South_OC_Sports, and follow Zach on Twitter and Instagram @ZachCav. As Jackson and his teammates celebrated the victory, national signing day for college recruits loomed two months away. . San Clemente (13-3-8) allowed just one goal in the Division 2 playoffs with 12 goals scored in five postseason games. He was really different than any other receivers wed had., Said Chow: He was a wow guy. @dariuscurry1_ finds Jadyn Robinson for a @Recruit_LBPoly on the board first #GOTW | #SoCal | @CIFSS pic.twitter.com/fLcBng3bRo. We cant let them do this three times in a row we gotta go out there with a different mentality this time for sure, quarterback Darius Curry said Tuesday. You have to do things right.. View Devin Jackson's career, season and game-by-game football stats while attending Long Beach Poly High School. Jackson, 34, is one of the most dynamic deep-ball threats in NFL history. Campaign Twitter. LONG BEACH It had been 16 months since Long Beach Poly and Serra played a CIF-sanctioned football game when the teams squared off Friday night to open a shortened spring season after. Mission Viejo drove 60 yards down the field but had to settle for a 26-yard field goal by Michael Salgado-Medina to give the Diablos a 30-28 lead with 6:39 remaining in the game. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Devin Samples, center, runs through Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday, September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. But I mean everybody does that. Responsible Gaming. Long Beach Poly takes the field. [CDATA[//>> Leuzinger football coach Brandon Manumaleuna and his staff are attempting to change the culture of the football program. Photo: Zach Cavanagh San Clemente (13-3-8) allowed just one goal in the Division 2 playoffs with 12 . National high school football recruiting expert Greg Biggins threw some gas on the fire while calling a televised game on Fox Sports, ranking the Jackrabbits as the top public school program in the state. He finished with 177 yards and a touchdown. For in-game updates, news and more for all the San Clemente High School sports programs, follow us on Twitter@SouthOCSportsand on Instagram@South_OC_Sports. #DevinSamples #LongBeachPoly #ShortsDevin Samples is the starting running back at Long Beach Poly High School. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys mascot, a jack rabbit, plays to the crowd in varsity football action against Mission Viejo Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Poly blew the game open in the. Curry carries offers from LSU and Georgia, among others, and is the future of the programtime will tell how quickly he picks up Polys playbook and how the coaches split up playing time this season. ]]> All of that being said, Barbee readily admits that this is probably the deepest team hes had, and longtime Jackrabbit football observers have this pegged as perhaps the most talented Poly team since the squad that won the 2012 CIF-SS championship. @SCHSTritons @boysSCHSsoccer pic.twitter.com/PKjnJmqkXG, Theres a trust in the defense that we can hold anyone out, Murray said. The accolades and everything were based on what last years team didthat team isnt coming out week zero. A linebacker/defensive end hybrid, Poe is committed to West Point and is the reigning Moore League Defensive Player of the Year. Eight yards. It was a pretty easy finish., 30 SC GOAL, 1-0Finn Linas finds the ball of a long throw and puts San Clemente up over Long Beach Poly in this CIF-SS D2 title game. Thats the whole process. 3 ranked Long Beach Polys game-winning TD courtesy of senior running back Devin Samples with 22 seconds to go in the game. He was telling everybody what they wanted to hear in return, like Yeah, Im coming there. 4 seed Tritons capped a near-perfect run through the Southern Section playoffs with their third shutout of the postseason, 2-0, over Long Beach Poly to win the programs fourth CIF-SS title in the Division 2 Final at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach on Saturday, Feb. 25. My mom, she really wanted me to go to SC, Jackson said. Sign up here. For less than the cost of a couple of cups of coffee a month, become an Insider member and continue to get Local News You Can Use from the only independently owned, dedicated local news organization in South Orange County. Purdue Poly 14. . In the CIF-SS playoffs, San Clemente beat Norte Vista, 2-1, in the first round, shutout Artesia, 4-0, in the second round, beat Santiago of Corona in penalty kicks after a scoreless draw, 0-0 (6-5), and rolled over Agoura in the semifinals, 4-1. Devin Jackson Long Beach Poly High School Long BeachCA This is me Follow 6'1"195 lbsSenior Graduated in 2011 Plays Football 10-11 Varsity Football JerseyPos #94DL OverallLeague 8-36-0 Nat. He said he was focused on providing long-proven playmaking skills, helping younger players and remaining physically sound. But that certainly isnt exclusively the way that you can use him.. Zach is a California Journalism Award winner and has covered sports in Orange County since 2013. and then theyd wake up the next morning and they couldnt do it. Mission Viejo quarterback Kadin Semonza completed 17 of 33 passes for 233 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Dana Wharf Whale Report: Gray Whale Migration Sees Early Northbound, Late Southbound Traffic, Butterfly Bill Book Honors Longtime Casa Romantica Volunteer, Political Opposites Join Forces to Tackle San Clemente Homelessness, Three SCHS Wrestlers, First Triton Girls Place at State Championships, Casa Romantica, Los Molinos Beer Combine on New Beer. LONG BEACH There was no denying San Clemente boys soccer in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. They told me I could wear No. San Clemente will get a chance to equal that 2019 teams feat in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs next week. Learn about Devin Jackson and other recruit player profiles on RecruitingNation.com. He pretty much won us that championship, former Poly coach Raul Lara said. Savoie got a hand on a shot, but it still rolled in front of the center of the net. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Leuzinger quarterback Ashley Tucker Jr. tries to break away from Long Beach Polys Joshua Cason as the two teams battle it out in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Diablos leading 7-0 with 11:22 left in 2nd Q. pic.twitter.com/tvCib9ps5W. @SCHSTritons @boysSCHSsoccer pic.twitter.com/LSx5yaPThZ. Kian Jadbabaei, whose older brother Koosha was also on the 2019 CIF-SS champions, tossed a long ball from the right side into the Poly box, which eventually landed for Linas and the lead, 1-0. LONG BEACH, Calif. (BVM) - The Long Beach Poly football team is rolling. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Jackson Holman, right, brushes off Long Beach Poly defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Isaiah Carreon, right, runs into Long Beach Poly defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. The Jackrabbits wasted little time in the second half. Sure, Barbee might not need to run Samples 30 times but in the biggest of games, the workhorse is a special luxury. Jackson denounced the report. So, hes still got it.. Approximately three minutes later, Samples added a 35-yard touchdown for a 35-14 lead. Before that, he covered USCs football program and athletic department. The Jackrabbits are a little thin at offensive line but still feature major talent with returning Moore League Offensive Lineman of the Year Wendell Moe, along with rising senior Tyson Ruffins, Nathan Samoa, Poe, and several young players looking to step up including Tauinaola Lole and Jeremiah Filipo. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), A camera operator dons a face mask during football action between Mission Viejo and Long Beach Poly Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. The roster also features 10 USA Baseball alumni, 19 Major League Baseball All-Stars . Gerry Norris. As the game wore on, Long Beach Poly turned the tide, and San Clemente put up its wall. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Devin Samples runs for a touchdown as they take on Leuzinger in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Darius Curry, bottom, is tackled by Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Follow full coverage of Devin McCourty during the 2010 NFL Draft on ESPN.com. Portrait of Long Beach Poly wide receiver Desean Jackson, 17. They came out and hit us in the mouth in the second half. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Long Beach Poly thought it had the equalizer two minutes later on a perfectly placed shot off the run, but the Jackrabbits were called offside and went into halftime trailing. Eli 3 Bell, Brielle 29 MVP League T 4 Bond, Chyle 28 New Haven AG 5 Bray, Mackenzie 27 Danbury Hatt 6 Brennan, Amyiah 29 Miami Garden 7 Broadus, Lauren 24 Philly Facto 8 Burkholder, Nadja 27 Idaho . It was a lot of dreams made today., A post shared by South OC Sports (@south_oc_sports). Linas represents the San Clemente soccer legacy that Murray alluded to, as Finns older brother Liam Linas was on the last Triton CIF-SS championship team in 2019. It will be the first game for the Vikings since the tragic slaying of former safety Guy Alford, who played with the team the last two seasons. When he enrolled at Poly the numbers on the varsity team were half what they are now, and there were only a handful of fellow Polynesian players, as opposed to the nearly 50 in the program across all three levels in 2021. Just put over the goalie. Subscriptions Most recently, he has worked as a community-based journalist covering public health, racial justice, homelessness, development, and gentrification in South Los Angeles and Inglewood. We had some of those crazy games and passes and stuff that was like some of the funnest ball to play, he said. He might be older in age, but he can still blaze.. But once again Polys defense stood tall and Mission Viejo missed a 39-yard field goal wide left with 3:07 left in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Darius Curry, bottom, is tackled by Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday, September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. At the snap, the still speedy 14th-year pro beats a defender and sprints deep down the field. I could have went to a lot of teams but I felt like I wanted to stay in the division so I could make them pay. Mission Viejo opened the scoring with a 12-play, 91-yard drive capped by a 1-yard run by Joseph Mendez to give the Diablos a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter. A month later, Kelly told reporters that releasing Jackson was purely a football decision, that had nothing to do with a report. Rams wide receiver DeSean Jackson warms up before a training camp session in July. He met with a Jewish group and spoke with a Holocaust survivor. We got dogs all over the field, Curry said earlier in the week. Never try to make my race bigger than another. Theyve just built momentum all the way through. Mary Castle: actress. Yarber had recruited him as an assistant coach at the University of Washington. One of those standouts was linebacker Ikenasio Mikaele, who picked up back-to-back sacks of Serra quarterback Jason Mitchell late in the second quarter and then scooped up a fumble on the Cavaliers first drive of the third quarter. When the Rams open their season at home against the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, McVay is expected to show that the offense can once again thrill fans by sending the 5-foot-10, 175-pound Jackson deep. The kids fought hard, but the lack of attention to detail showed its head in the second half, Manumaleuna said. We preached that it doesnt matter, offense, defense, special teams, were able to score on all of them, Barbee said. The bigger the game, Barbee said, the bigger Samples performance. Bears coach Matt Nagy was a member of the Eagles staff for Jacksons first five seasons. MISSION VIEJO Long Beach Poly running back Devin Samples scored a touchdown on an 8-yard run with 22 seconds remaining in the game to give the Jackrabbits a 35-30 upset win over Mission Viejo on Friday at Mission Viejo High. Davis is also an adjunct professor at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Mikey Matthews runs for a touchdown against Long Beach Poly in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Subscribe today. Jonathan Becerra led the Diablos with 10 tackles. Full IPTV List channels worldwide With 20000 channels + 40000 Movie and series. Its these kids that have done all the work, he said. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Kadin Semonza puts up a pass against Long Beach Poly in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Sure, he picked up a couple touchdowns. Being back home, just knowing the possibilities, that the Bowl is here in L.A., and to see what Tampa did in their backyard when they had the Super Bowl, I mean everything is written, Jackson said. However, the Jackrabbits would not back down and cut Mission Viejos lead to three points in the third quarter. It doesnt matter how many yards I get if we dont score. Jackson breaks from the huddle and lines up wide. The562s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alumJayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer). (Luca Evans / Los Angeles Times) For a running back. On the next possession, the Olympians were back on their own 20 and facing third-and-long. He ranks first among active players with a career average of 17.4 yards per catch. Samples rushed for 115 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns. Get new customers and drive traffic to your business. 1. 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