{"id":316576,"date":"2026-05-15T03:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316576\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:17:15","slug":"cif-softball-long-beach-poly-falls-to-moorpark-in-first-round-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316576\/","title":{"rendered":"CIF Softball: Long Beach Poly Falls to Moorpark in First Round \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It was the end of the road for a special group at Long Beach Poly, as the Jackrabbits had their hands full against Moorpark at Long Beach City College on Thursday in the CIF-SS Division 2 first round. The visiting Musketeers strung together a handful of rallies to build a lead, while the Jackrabbits couldn\u2019t get anything going at the plate in a 5-1 loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we could\u2019ve battled a bit better. Some of our girls were a little anxious and swung at the first pitch instead of seeing more pitches, but I can\u2019t say I\u2019m disappointed because we\u2019ve always played with an aggressive mindset offensively,\u201d said Poly coach Elizabeth Sanches. \u201cI think we could\u2019ve beat that team, but like I said, I have faith in God\u2019s plan. Our girls have His favor, and in times like this I just lean back on my faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday marked the final high school game for a handful of seniors who made a huge impact on the program over the last four years. The group played a major role in helping the Jackrabbits capture the first CIF softball championship in program history a year ago, and Sanches became emotional while reflecting on her seniors after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love them. I told them before this game that it\u2019s already been written,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re just walking along our destiny and buying into the program and the fact that we have no control. There\u2019s a plan, and that plan is bigger than us. I saw tears and emotions, and I hope it\u2019s really not about the loss today because it\u2019s so much more than that. I\u2019ve spent four years with these girls, and I know they\u2019re going to do nothing but thrive and change this world for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a closer game than the score indicated, as the Jackrabbits allowed just three earned runs while surrendering the other two off a pair of errors. Moorpark got a rock-solid start from Kiley Finnerty on the other side though, as the senior pitched five scoreless innings while recording 14 of her 15 outs via defensive putouts.<\/p>\n

The Musketeers recorded all nine of their hits during that five-inning stretch, as junior Payton Holliday broke open the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the third. Rylee Jenkins followed with an RBI single in the fourth to double the lead before Christianna Ababseh drove in another run with a double in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Moorpark got some help from defensive mistakes after Ababseh\u2019s extra-base hit, as the Musketeers pushed across two more runs in the inning off errors on throws to first base. Poly walked out of the fifth inning already facing a five-run deficit.<\/p>\n

Other than the three earned runs, the Jackrabbits got a strong outing from junior pitcher Tegan Breaux, who helped minimize what could\u2019ve been longer rallies from Moorpark. One example came in the fourth inning after she allowed her third run before recording an out. With the bases loaded, Breaux then induced a pop up before striking out the next two batters to escape the jam.<\/p>\n

Breaux finished with seven strikeouts on the afternoon while walking just a pair, and helped give the Jackrabbits a chance to chip away at Moorpark\u2019s lead as she retired the final seven batters she faced.<\/p>\n

Poly finished with six hits but failed to string any together as a result of making lots of weak contact. The Jackrabbits\u2019 lone run came in the sixth inning, when senior Alayna Veavealagi smacked a triple before scoring on a wild throw to third base. That was the only trouble Moorpark relief pitcher Viviana Ramirez faced, as she retired the final five Poly batters en route to the win.<\/p>\n

Moorpark will advance to the second round where it will face the winner between Aliso Niguel and St. Joseph on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-316576","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\/316576","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=316576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}