{"id":177785,"date":"2026-02-14T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177785\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:25:07","slug":"long-beach-poly-stymied-by-beaumont-in-quarterfinals-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177785\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Poly Stymied By Beaumont in Quarterfinals \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Long Beach Poly girls\u2019 water polo team\u2019s playoff run came to an end at LBCC in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 quarterfinals. The Jackrabbits played great defense but struggled to score against Beaumont, falling 8-4 to end their season at 13-19 overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just told them that we have to be really proud of ourselves,\u201d said Poly coach Ali Landeros. \u201cTHey did amazing things this year, we went through so much adversity this season. We have a very young team, and I could not be prouder of them. It hurts to lose, but sometimes things don\u2019t swing the way you wanted them too. At the end of the day we\u2019re still a team, we\u2019re still Long Beach, and we\u2019re still family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits fell behind 2-0 quickly in the first two minutes of the game, but goalie Lalli Flores saved three one on one opportunities to keep the Jackrabbits in it. Poly just couldn\u2019t get in the groove offensively, with a turnover on a man-up opportunity late in the quarter. Star player Sequoia Newman was excluded twice early in the game, limiting her aggressiveness from that point on.<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits fell behind 3-0 after a penalty shot early in the second, but then began to answer back.<\/p>\n

Lily Camerino had a steal and then an assist ahead to Pearl Taylor for Poly\u2019s first goal, and then Taylor scored again to cut the lead to 4-2. Newman scored on a penalty to pull the Jackrabbits within one, and then Flores saved a penalty shot to keep it a one-goal game at the break.<\/p>\n

In the third quarter the Jackrabbits drew even on a beautiful move inside to score by Newman, tying it at 4-4 three minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Beaumont\u2019s Colbie Puraci then had the play of the game, netting a shot from more than half the length of the pool away as the clock was winding down, giving Beaumont a one-goal lead they would never relinquish. The Cougars scored another three times, two more from distance as they found a way to circumvent the physicality of Flores and Camerino by raining shots in from afar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought our defense adjusted well early,\u201d said Landeros. \u201cThey hit some crazy shots. There were a couple critical moments that they made big plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season on the whole was a success for the young Jackrabbits, who got to taste playoff success with a pair of postseason wins. They will move forward with Newman, however, whose praises Landeros was singing as fans and families were trailing out of the LBCC pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a player that comes around once in a lifetime as a coach,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s a leader as a scorer, as a defender, as an all around player. The girls rally around her. She\u2019s going to go on to do great things\u2013the best is yet to come for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits will return a significant portion of their young roster next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The562\u2019s coverage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-177785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177785","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=177785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}