{"id":505837,"date":"2026-10-23T22:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505837\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:36:33","slug":"cif-ss-boys-water-polo-brackets-released-the562-org-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505837\/","title":{"rendered":"CIF-SS Boys\u2019 Water Polo Brackets Released \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2026-27 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CIF Southern Section released its 2026 playoff brackets on Friday, with three Long Beach teams learning their fate ahead of their postseason openers on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Wilson was once again set to be the top-ranked playoff team in the city this year, having recently been ranked No. 4 in the CIF-SS before being withdrawn from the playoffs<\/a>. Now, Long Beach Poly will be the highest-ranked local team in the Division 2 bracket, while Millikan will compete in Division 3 and Lakewood snuck into the Division 5 bracket.<\/p>\n

Division 2<\/p>\n

Long Beach Poly has bumped itself up a division following a Division 3 appearance last year and will make its Division 2 debut on the road against Dana Hills on Thursday. Division 2 and down all feature 32-team brackets.<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits enter the playoffs as the Moore League\u2019s top team after finishing 12-14 overall and 6-1 in league play, with their only loss coming against Wilson. Poly\u2019s non-league slate featured six games against teams that also made the Division 3 bracket, with the Jackrabbits falling in five of those matchups while defeating Redlands East Valley, 15-8.<\/p>\n

Dana Hills enters the playoffs following a 17-6 season that included an undefeated Sea View League championship. The Dolphins went 6-3 in their nine matchups this season against teams that also made the Division 2 bracket. Poly and Dana Hills have one common opponent in Vista, which both teams defeated by one goal.<\/p>\n

Division 3<\/p>\n

The Millikan boys\u2019 water polo program is looking for its first playoff win in five years, and the Rams will have a chance to do so after being placed in the Division 3 bracket for the second straight year. Millikan will open the playoffs at home this time, hosting Fullerton on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Millikan finished the regular season with a 15-10 overall record, including a 3-2 mark in the Moore League. The Rams faced three teams in the Division 3 bracket during their non-league slate, with wins over Brentwood and Norco and a one-goal loss to Ayala.<\/p>\n

Fullerton finished second in the Empire League with an 11-12 overall record. The Red Hawks suffered losses to four Division 3 playoff teams but also picked up a win over Valencia.<\/p>\n

Division 5<\/p>\n

With top Moore League team Wilson withdrawn from the playoffs, the entire league shifted up a spot, sliding Lakewood into one of the top three Moore League positions that earned an automatic playoff bid. Lakewood will be making its first playoff appearance in well over a decade and will open the Division 5 playoffs at home against La Quinta on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Lancers finished the season 10-13 with Moore League wins over Cabrillo and Jordan. Lakewood went 3-1 against fellow Division 5 playoff teams this year, with non-league wins over Whittier, Cerritos and North Torrance.<\/p>\n

Similarly, La Quinta went 10-13 this season with a second-place finish in the Grove League and played plenty of familiar Division 5 competition. The Aztecs went 5-4 against opponents that also made the Division 5 bracket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2026-27 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The CIF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-505837","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\/505837","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=505837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}