{"id":236783,"date":"2026-03-26T01:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/236783\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:36:20","slug":"wilson-clinches-fourth-straight-moore-league-championship-with-win-over-long-beach-poly-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/236783\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Clinches Fourth Straight Moore League Championship with Win Over Long Beach Poly \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.<\/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

Wednesday afternoon provided a feeling the Wilson beach volleyball program has become accustomed to. The Bruins returned to the courts at Long Beach City College with a chance to clinch another Moore League championship in a rematch against Long Beach Poly, and did so in convincing fashion with a 4-1 victory to claim their fourth straight title.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a ton of respect for Poly and we know we have a target on our backs, so I\u2019m super proud of the girls and what they\u2019ve been able to accomplish,\u201d said Wilson coach Jeremy Cook. \u201cI tell them not to take it for granted, because we knew it wasn\u2019t going to be easy. There was a point in that match where it could\u2019ve flipped on us, so I\u2019m just proud of the girls and happy for the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between the Bruins\u2019 two matchups with Poly came on Court 4, where Dani Dobie took a tough loss last week without her usual partner, Sage Darling. With Darling back on Wednesday, the pair returned to the win column with a decisive victory over Giselle Millsap and Finley Stuart to give Wilson an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Dobie is in her senior year while Darling is a sophomore, and this is the pair\u2019s first season playing together after not teaming up until midway through the year. The two have now found their rhythm on Court 4, where they\u2019ve been dominant so far with notable wins against Millikan and Poly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely different at the beginning of the season\u2014we were both losing on different courts to a couple of teams, and that\u2019s when we split up and Sage and I came together and started winning,\u201d Dobie said. \u201cI feel like everything has worked out how it\u2019s supposed to, and now we\u2019ve won the league for the fourth time in a row, so it\u2019s pretty great.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win on Court 4 came nearly simultaneously with Wilson\u2019s Court 1 win, putting the Bruins in great shape with three matches still in play. Wilson then carried that momentum despite a Poly win on Court 5, closing out a pair of wins on Courts 2 and 3 to seal the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice knowing we did our part to help the team, especially early,\u201d Darling said. \u201cIt felt good to secure one of the spots toward the win. It could\u2019ve gone either way with two of those courts going to a third set, and every point matters, so we pushed for those points and really wanted to set up our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simrin Adams and Sadie Calderone were, of course, Wilson\u2019s top pair on Court 1 and delivered another dominant performance as part of the Bruins\u2019 hot start. The duo took down Poly\u2019s Avery Milburn and Mina Orbiso in quick fashion to extend their undefeated streak this season on Court 1.<\/p>\n

Wilson then clinched the match on Court 2 as Ilya Alvarado and Jane Morrison took down Londyn Foster and Keola Napoleon-Alvarez to give the Bruins their third win, before the match\u2019s only two three-set contests played out to finish the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Poly had one of those wins on Court 5, where Lailah Claiborne and Dayna Lagafuaina came back for a reverse sweep over Charlie Ginsberg and Alex Beverly. The matchup was by far the most competitive in both meetings, as Ginsberg and Beverly were on the other end of a reverse sweep in their first match.<\/p>\n

The Bruins finished the afternoon with Court 3 as the last court standing, where Peyton Agura and Madison Castillo outlasted Poly\u2019s Aleeya Salima and Maddie Hong for a three-set victory. The pair are another newer sophomore-senior duo, and Cook had high praise for them, noting they\u2019re playing well at the right time.<\/p>\n

Wilson will now gear up to face Millikan on Thursday before the two meet again at the Moore League individual finals on April 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019ve been looking forward to,\u201d Cook said of the finals. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten one or two pairs recognized on the all-league team even though we go undefeated in league, so that\u2019s something we\u2019re looking to change this year, and the girls are going to have to do it themselves. One of our goals from the beginning of the year was to get four pairs on the all-league team, and the top eight are recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Final Results:<\/p>\n

Court 1: Simrin Adams\/Sadie Calderone (WIL) def. Avery Milburn\/Mina Orbiso (LBP) 21-9, 21-12<\/p>\n

Court 2: Ilya Alvarado\/Jane Morrison (WIL) def. Londyn Foster\/Keola Napoleon-Alvarez (LBP) 21-17, 21-19<\/p>\n

Court 3: Peyton Agura\/Madison Castillo (WIL) def. Aleeya Salima\/Maddie Hong (LBP) 23-21, 17-21, 15-9<\/p>\n

Court 4: Dani Dobie\/Sage Darling (WIL) def. Giselle Millsap\/Finley Stuart (LBP) 21-10, 21-10<\/p>\n

Court 5: Lailah Claiborne\/Dayna Lagafuaina (LBP) def. Charlie Ginsberg\/Alex Beverly (WIL) 12-21, 21-13, 15-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562\u2019s coverage of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-236783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236783","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=236783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}