{"id":123874,"date":"2026-01-07T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123874\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:14:13","slug":"millikan-girls-soccer-defeats-long-beach-poly-with-a-dominant-effort-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123874\/","title":{"rendered":"Millikan girls soccer defeats Long Beach Poly with a dominant effort \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH \u2014 Last season, Millikan\u2019s girls soccer team suffered just two losses in the Moore League. One of the losses was to Long Beach Poly, and it ultimately gave Poly the league title.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, the Rams got their revenge with a 4-0 shutout of the Jackrabbits.<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s London Perez winces as Long Beach Poly\u2019s Kamelah Artiago gets off a blistering pass in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Poly\u2019s Lily Montecinos, left, and Millikan\u2019s Ellie Carungcong go toe to toe in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s Elle Aoun, left, fights to keep a ball in bounds against Long Beach Poly\u2019s Maired McGovern in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan sophomore Jayla Cortez (#23) scores the Rams\u2019 first goal in a shutout over Long Beach Poly in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s Caoimhe Tighe is congratulated by teammates after the senior scored in the first half against Long Beach Poly in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s Sarah Thaut is congratulated by teammates after the junior scored against Long Beach Poly in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Millikan<\/p>\n

Millikan head coach Tino Nunez directs play in girls soccer action against Poly at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s Jayla Cortes, second from left, is swarmed by teammates after the sophomore put the Rams up 1-0 in the first half against Long Beach Poly in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Long<\/p>\n

Long Beach Poly\u2019s Rylee Zavala (#42) defends against a streaking Alyssa Carrillo of Millikan in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan junior goalkeeper Samantha Ortiz records a clean sheet in the Rams\u2019 4-0 win over Long Beach Poly in girls soccer action against Poly at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Millikan\u2019s<\/p>\n

Millikan\u2019s Caoimhe Tighe celebrates after scoring in the first half against Long Beach Poly in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Millikan\u2019s<\/p>\n

Millikan\u2019s Caoimhe Tighe takes a fall after being fouled by Long Beach Poly\u2019s Rylee Zavala in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Millikan<\/p>\n

Millikan senior Caoimhe Tighe dribbles past three Long Beach Poly defenders in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan\u2019s London Perez winces as Long Beach Poly\u2019s Kamelah Artiago gets off a blistering pass in Moore League action at Millikan High School in Long Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Millikan (8-3-1, 6-0) poured all four goals on the Jackrabbits (2-5-1, 2-2-1) in the first half. It was their seventh shutout win of the season.<\/p>\n

The Millikan scoring began with a beauty of a goal sparked by forward Jayla Cortes\u2019 footwork. She evaded five Poly defenders and then beat goalkeeper Eylse Stegall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just thinking find the ball,\u201d Cortes said. \u201cObviously, I got around the defenders and I found myself one on one with the goalie. I just thought in my head, \u2018put it away in the goal, put it away in the goal,\u2019 and thankfully it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Caoimhe Tighe followed with a goal seven minutes later, sending a volley into the right corner of the net.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost last year,\u201d said Tighe. \u201cWe had something to work for, and we finally got what we wanted. And we are not going to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the final three minutes of the first half, Millikan sophomore Adelyn Murphy found the net in a scuffle that caused her to fall back as she shot the ball into the goal.<\/p>\n

Junior Sarah Thuat made it 4-0 with a roller into the right corner of the net.<\/p>\n

The Rams had a chance to score a fifth goal when the ball rolled to the feet of Alani Rodriguez, but the freshman sailed the ball past the top post.<\/p>\n

Poly managed only four shots on goal, two of which came from forward Maired Mcgovern in the second half when the Jackrabbits recovered some momentum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about having a strong start and the girls were ready to play tonight here at home,\u201d said Millikan head coach Tino Nunez. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that what happened last year wouldn\u2019t happen here again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Millikan is looking to regain the league title, which they won in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be nice, hopefully, the girls want it,\u201d Nunez said. \u201cWe challenged them to put the work in. We talk about not only wanting to win but having quality with that effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cJob\u2019s not done. We still got the second half of the season, but we\u2019re definitely in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rams will face Orange Lutheran on Friday.\u00a0Poly will host Compton on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH \u2014 Last season, Millikan\u2019s girls soccer team suffered just two losses in the Moore League. One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,5479,54213,2044,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-123874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-soccer","tag-high-school-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}