@SCHSTritons @boysSCHSsoccer pic.twitter.com/LSx5yaPThZ. Hes got the biggest heart once he gets that ball in his hands, Barbee said after the game. 4-yard TD run by Mission Viejo. Player Rating i 247Sports. When the bell was rung, Samples was ready. Thats the question that was ringing around social media after the Jackrabbits undefeated Spring season, which saw them open with an overtime win over Serra before running off a series of shutout wins in the Moore League. They told me I could wear No. @devin_samples @LBPoly_Football @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/xoFnjOoEpn, John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) September 3, 2022. He ranks first among active players with a career average of 17.4 yards per catch. Chief Espino began his career with Liked by Kevin Jackson However, the Jackrabbits would not back down and cut Mission Viejos lead to three points in the third quarter. Ever since I was little, the goal was to come out here and win a championship, score in a CIF Final, Finn Linas said, sporting the traditional San Clemente playoff buzz cut. The bigger the game, Barbee said, the bigger Samples performance. Get ready: Long Beachs best sports coverage is coming back to a screen near you. At that point in time Pete Carroll wasnt recruiting he was selecting, Biggins said. MISSION VIEJO Long Beach Poly running back Devin Samples scored a touchdown on an 8-yard run with 22 seconds remaining in the game to give the Jackrabbits a 35-30 upset win over Mission Viejo on Friday at Mission Viejo High. Curry later scrambled for positive yards but the Jackrabbits were facing fourth-and-2 at the Mission Viejo 34 with 1:36 left in the fourth quarter. Utupo kept his offense on the field, where Lancers quarterback Brayden Downen []. Long Beach Poly took the lead on the opening drive of the fourth quarter when quarterback Darius Curry rolled to his left and connected with sophomore Jadyn Robinson for a 16-yard touchdown to give Poly its first lead of the second half of game at 28-27. Long Beach Poly took the lead on the opening drive of the fourth quarter when quarterback Darius Curry rolled to his left and connected with sophomore Jadyn Robinson for a 16-yard touchdown. 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Eight yards. Salgado-Medina made a 34-yard field goal on the next drive to put the Diablos ahead 27-21. They came to me, theyre like, Man, we aint got any other choice Youve got to play corner, Jackson said. And I knew we were going to turn it around, I believed that from day one. In the 69th minute, Ryan Savoie came up with a strong shot stop, and in the 75th minute, Savoie came out of his net to the right to challenge a Poly shooter. High School Long Beach Poly City Long Beach, CA; Class 2023 Watch Highlights. Long Beach Polys Devin Samples, left, is brought down by Mission Viejos Evan Curry, right, in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Photo: Zach Cavanagh. LONG BEACH There was no denying San Clemente boys soccer in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. But thats not good enough, when you play schools like this and some of the other teams on our schedule youve got to do more than just play hard., Youve got to do your assignments. FILTER BY TEAM (S) Select Team (s) FILTER BY ATHLETE (S) Hometown Long Beach, Calif. School Long Beach Polytechnic High School; Position . (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Leuzinger quarterback Ashley Tucker Jr. tries to break away from Long Beach Polys Joshua Cason as the two teams battle it out in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. It was a long throw, Linas said. Neither does Norm Chow. The defense came up huge taking away touchdowns and making them kick field goals.. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys mascot, a jack rabbit, plays to the crowd in varsity football action against Mission Viejo Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Devin Samples, right is tackled by Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Rams receiver Robert Woods grew up in Carson and watched Jackson play in high school. Devin Samples leads Long Beach Poly past Gardena Serra Long Beach Poly running back Devin Samples gained 177 yards and scored a touchdown in 33 carries against Gardena Serra on. Samples finished the night with 28 . Poly junior quarterback Darius Curry responded and tied the game 7-7 with a 12-yard touchdown run with 9:31 left in the second quarter. Chip Kelly came in and they released me for allegations and speculation and all types of crazy stuff. Portrait of Long Beach Poly wide receiver Desean Jackson, 17. San Clemente held tight to capture its first championship under head coach Chris Murray its first without legendary coach Mike Pronier at the helm. The Rams challenge will be keeping Jackson available for games. The Jackrabbits are a little thin at offensive line but still feature major talent with returning Moore League Offensive Lineman of the Year Wendell Moe, along with rising senior Tyson Ruffins, Nathan Samoa, Poe, and several young players looking to step up including Tauinaola Lole and Jeremiah Filipo. Get new customers and drive traffic to your business. The Long Beach Poly junior running back had 35 carries for 284 rushing yards and four touchdowns against Long Beach Millikan Friday night. Players have switched teams, rules have changed, milestones are ready to be reached. Lane Kiffin still does not know what wrong. Approximately three minutes later, Samples added a 35-yard touchdown for a 35-14 lead. We'll have you covered all night long. Quarterback Mark Sanchez was on the same USC campus recruiting visit with Jackson and had played in two postseason all-star games with him. Im like, Lets go.. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Jackson Holman, right, brushes off Long Beach Poly defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Mission Viejo scored 10 points late in the second quarter to take a 24-14 lead at halftime. With five consecutive wins and 40-plus points scored in each of them, the Jackrabbits are heating up at the perfect time. But once again Polys defense stood tall and Mission Viejo missed a 39-yard field goal wide left with 3:07 left in the fourth quarter. Weve had a lot of these all season. Check other contact information for Devin W Corcoran. Samples rushed for 115 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Devin Samples, right is tackled by Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday, September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. UAPB faces the Jackson State Tigers after Chris Greene scored 25 points in UAPB's 78-74 loss to the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils. This team has to earn it. Get important news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. Jacksons ability to track long passes dates to his Poly days as a major league baseball outfield prospect, Yarber said. Quarterback Donovan McNabb, running back Brian Westbrook, safety Brian Dawkins and cornerback Asante Samuel were among players that mentored Jackson. 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I feel like I learned a lot from that because I was able to learn about the Jewish community and what they endured in the Holocaust. Im breaking down Long Beach Polys 35-30 win at Mission Viejo, a game between two of the top 10 teams in the CIF-SS. Poly coach Stephen Barbee said hes heard all the chatter about his program as he heads into his fourth season coaching the Jackrabbits. Sure, he picked up a couple touchdowns. Were able to make big plays. So, I guess they got a feel for that.We got a problem, because they knew my dad ran everything.. When Jackson arrived at Long Beach Poly, he joined a program that was sending four seniors safety Darnell Bing, running back Hershel Dennis, offensive lineman Winston Justice, and defensive lineman Manuel Wright to USC. What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? Were excited about our schedule with a couple of Fox Sports games, and were excited about the Moore League, said Barbee. That was the game plan.. Thats not something that our kids nor our staff is going to do.. 5-11, 181 | Class of 2011. Devin Samples is a 5-7, 190-pound Running Back from Long Beach, CA. He finished with 177 yards and a touchdown. A lot of speed, which is impressive at year 14. Just put over the goalie. The accolades and everything were based on what last years team didthat team isnt coming out week zero. Snap after snap on the drive, the ball found his trusty hands, and he kept digging for short gains until he found paydirt on third and goal with a one-yard push. Tucker scrambled left and then dumped off a screen pass to Damonte Shallowhorn who did the rest going 80 yards for an electrifying touchdown for a 14-7 lead. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer). Long Beach Fire Department Chief Xavier Espino announced today his retirement after nearly 37 years of service. On offense, Poly has a pair of quarterbacks in the mix with returning senior starter Shea Kuykendall, as well as talented sophomore Darius Curry, a transfer from St. Bernard. Curry connected with Robinson to pick up the first down with less than 90 seconds to go in the game. 2. Follow full coverage of Devin McCourty during the 2010 NFL Draft on ESPN.com. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Davis is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where he received a bachelors degree in broadcast and cinematic arts. On the ensuing play from scrimmage, Semonza threw a screen pass that was tipped and intercepted by Jackrabbits defensive lineman Phoenix Tusa, who ran it 16-yards for a touchdown to give Poly a 14-7 lead. When the Rams open their season at home against the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, McVay is expected to show that the offense can once again thrill fans by sending the 5-foot-10, 175-pound Jackson deep. An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. Bears coach Matt Nagy was a member of the Eagles staff for Jacksons first five seasons. Linas represents the San Clemente soccer legacy that Murray alluded to, as Finns older brother Liam Linas was on the last Triton CIF-SS championship team in 2019. I still had his number in my phone, Yarber said. Long Beach Poly tied it up on their next possesion when Curry kept the ball on an option play for a 12-yard touchdown run. Jackson is poised to play an important role in the Rams offense this season. Poly got a clean shot, but Poole was there to knock away the chance on the goal line. Now they are teammates on a team expected to contend for a berth in a Super Bowl that will be played in Inglewood. The Diablos later took the lead with a four-yard touchdown run by junior running back Chase Valousky, to go up 21-14 with 1:47 left in the first half. "I had to fight through it, I knew we needed a big game out of me," said Samples. Gone are the four-year faces at quarterback for each program, Serras Maalik Murphy and Polys Shea Kuykendall. On the next possession, the Olympians were back on their own 20 and facing third-and-long. During training camp and the preseason, rest days were mandated so that Jackson would be in top form for the opener. Devin McCourty. He said he was focused on providing long-proven playmaking skills, helping younger players and remaining physically sound. Being back home, just knowing the possibilities, that the Bowl is here in L.A., and to see what Tampa did in their backyard when they had the Super Bowl, I mean everything is written, Jackson said. We have the right kids over here.. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Darius Curry , center, scores a touchdown in varsity football action against Mission Viejo Friday, September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. If I need to hand him the ball 20-30 times, Barbee said, he knows hes going to be getting that ball, and hes ready.. As Jackson and his teammates celebrated the victory, national signing day for college recruits loomed two months away. Jackson said this week that he had learned from the experience. In his final game with the team, he scored on an 81-yard pass play. In our team meeting, we talked about whats your drive, what do you play for and a room full of full hearts and we had very clear vision on what we needed to do and they went out and did it. 2004: Jered Weaver - Long Beach State; 2003: Rickie Weeks - Southern; 2002: Khalil Greene - Clemson; 2001: Mark Prior - Southern California; 2000: Kip Bouknight - South Carolina; 1999: Jason Jennings - Baylor . A month later, Kelly told reporters that releasing Jackson was purely a football decision, that had nothing to do with a report. He anticipates Jackson will be at full throttle Sunday. The562s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored byJuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. 12-yard TD run by Long Beach Poly junior QB Darius Curry. San Clemente boys soccer are CIF-SS Division 2 champions. One of those standouts was linebacker Ikenasio Mikaele, who picked up back-to-back sacks of Serra quarterback Jason Mitchell late in the second quarter and then scooped up a fumble on the Cavaliers first drive of the third quarter. It was like almost guaranteed that people from Poly went to SC, he said. @dariuscurry1_ finds Jadyn Robinson for a @Recruit_LBPoly on the board first #GOTW | #SoCal | @CIFSS pic.twitter.com/fLcBng3bRo. San Clemente boys soccer shuts out Long Beach Poly, 2-0, to win CIF-SS Division 2 championship. The Diablos possessed the ball for seven minutes longer than the Jackrabbits, but had 11 penalties for 110 yards. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Long Beach Polys Devin Samples, center, runs through Mission Viejo defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. We came out here, just not going to lose, and did not lose, Linas said. They couldnt pull the trigger and go somewhere else.. Most recently, he has worked as a community-based journalist covering public health, racial justice, homelessness, development, and gentrification in South Los Angeles and Inglewood. No. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Isaiah Carreon, right, runs into Long Beach Poly defenders in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. The scenario has played out in DeSean Jacksons mind more than once. 1-yard TD run by Mission Viejo on 3rd and goal. The Jackrabbits began their next offensive possession with a 12-yard strike from Curry to Robinson to pick up the first down but Poly was called holding two plays later, which forced a second-and-22. We cant let them do this three times in a row we gotta go out there with a different mentality this time for sure, quarterback Darius Curry said Tuesday. On Saturday, the Tritons were all over Long Beach Poly (10-5-8) from the opening kickoff. Theyve done nothing but show up every day, give it their best effort and putting themselves out there. Campaign Twitter. Jake (Poole) just got up, got over their guys, got a good flick and it fell nice to me. Brown finished with a team-high 11 receptions for 106 yards. Follow full coverage of Devin McCourty during the 2010 NFL Draft on ESPN.com. Kevonte Fatutoa Henry scored a two-yard touchdown run with 4:58 left, making it 35-21. Poly and Mission Viejo are tied 7-7 with 9:31 left in the 2nd Q. Based in Long Beach, he has worked on-air in local television markets as a multimedia journalist/news reporter in Orlando, Florida, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. The562's coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. He has also. Sectionals get going tonight. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer), Leuzingers Ashley Tucker Jr. jumps over Long Beach Polys Jadyn Robinson and runs it in for a touchdown as the two teams battle it out in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, September 9, 2021. @presstelegram @BeachVarsity #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/JLnIfIb4Lb. Regional brackets will be released on Sunday, Feb. 26. Select this result to view Devin Christopher Jackson's phone number, address, and more. LONG BEACH It had been 16 months since Long Beach Poly and Serra played a CIF-sanctioned football game when the teams squared off Friday night to open a shortened spring season after. We see they was getting tired, so we was like drive them out, Samples said. (Luca Evans / Los Angeles Times) For a running back. He is also a graduate of Syracuse University, where he received a masters degree in broadcast journalism. Poly will play at Leuzinger on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. Mission Viejos final drive was thwarted when, on the final play, the ball was knocked out of Semonzas hands as time expired. pic.twitter.com/odN60LIKPk. Click here to read the survey answers. Jackson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Mary Castle: actress. He might be older in age, but he can still blaze.. He was telling everybody what they wanted to hear in return, like Yeah, Im coming there. Carroll declined an interview request, but Chow said the staff sensed something was amiss after they did a home visit with Jacksons family. Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group. Football and basketball programs began in 1904. Register to let other graduates of Jordan High School find and contact you. The move came the day NJ.com reported that the Eagles were concerned about Jacksons alleged ties to gang members in Los Angeles. 1. (Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer), Mission Viejos Kadin Semonza puts up a pass against Long Beach Poly in varsity football action Friday September, 2, 2022 in Mission Viejo. I had to clean up my actions and be a man and apologize and really let people know that wasnt my intentions, he said. TFRRS | 2022-2023 NCAA Div. It was a new year, Barbee said. Ive got a team with a lot of fighters. 80 . #DevinSamples #LongBeachPoly #ShortsDevin Samples is the starting running back at Long Beach Poly High School. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford lofts a ball high and far. Poly took the lead on the next play when senior defensive lineman Phoenix Tusa snatched an errant pass by Mission Viejo senior quarterback Kadin Semonza and rumbled 16-yards with an interception return for a touchdown that put Poly up 14-7 with 9:24 left in the second quarter. Photo: Zach Cavanagh San Clemente (13-3-8) allowed just one goal in the Division 2 playoffs with 12 . Subscriptions Long Beach Poly thought it had the equalizer two minutes later on a perfectly placed shot off the run, but the Jackrabbits were called offside and went into halftime trailing. So, hes still got it.. The Jackrabbits are a little thin at offensive line but still feature major talent with returning Moore League Offensive Lineman of the Year Wendell Moe, along with rising senior Tyson Ruffins, Nathan Samoa, Poe, and several young players looking to step up including Tauinaola Lole and Jeremiah Filipo.