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IRVINE >> The Long Beach Poly boys h2o polo squad trailed by 4 goals aft the archetypal 4th of its CIF-SS Division 4 title lucifer Saturday astatine the Woollett Aquatics Center.
Poly, the No.1 seed, answered by scoring the adjacent 10 goals and going connected to a 14-11 victory.
The CIF-SS title is the archetypal successful boys h2o polo for the Jackrabbits (15-9) successful 92 years.
Long Beach Poly celebrates aft defeating Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly fans observe aft their squad defeated Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
The Long Beach Poly squad holds up the title plaque and celebrates aft defeating Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi caput manager Stehpan Pilillian, center, consoles 2 of his players, Taj Draper, left, and Milo Joseph, right, aft Crespi mislaid to Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Reece Hammond, right, cranks backmost to sprout against Crespi defender Taj Draper successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly goalkeeper Charles Lemmis tries to artifact a changeable against Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly caput manager Ishmael Pluton smiles aft the Jackrabbits people a extremity against Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi fans cheer aft a extremity is scored against Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi’s Milo Joseph steals the shot from Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi goalkeeper Ryan Coronado watches arsenic the shot sails implicit his caput connected a changeable from Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly attacker Colin Soohoo cranks backmost to marque a changeable connected extremity against Crespi goalkeeper Ryan Coronado, center, and Christian Dudley, right, successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly goalkeeper Charles Lemmis blocks a changeable connected extremity by Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi attacker Jordan Zaman reacts aft getting deed successful the look by the shot successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly goalkeeper Charles Lemmis watches arsenic the shot gets by him connected a changeable by Crespi successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi near helping Ryan Nevsky cranks up to marque a changeable connected extremity against Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Crespi goalkeeper Ryan Coronado can’t halt a changeable connected extremity by Long Beach Poly successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Colin Soohoo, center, battles for a escaped shot with Crespi goalkeeper Ryan Coronado, left, successful the CIF-SS Division 4 boys h2o polo title crippled astatine Woollett Aquatics Center successful Irvine connected Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
“It means a large woody to me,” said Jackrabbits manager Ishmael Pluton, a 2011 Long Beach Poly postgraduate and erstwhile h2o polo subordinate astatine the school. “I came backmost to manager h2o polo due to the fact that of however overmuch of a household it was arsenic a player, and to beryllium capable to travel backmost and beryllium the manager of the programme and person a radical of boys who tin execute (this), it genuinely means the satellite to me.”
The No. 3 seeded Celts took an aboriginal 5-1 pb and appeared to beryllium successful control.
In the 2nd quarter, the Jackrabbits made adjustments connected defense, converging connected Milo Joseph, who scored Crespi’s archetypal 3 goals.
The strategy worked, with the Jackrabbits holding the Celts to a azygous extremity implicit the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Joseph finished with 7 goals but didn’t people his 4th until the 3rd quarter.
Much of the recognition for keeping the Celts from scoring goes to Jackrabbits goalkeeper Charles Lemmis, Pluton said.
“Lights out,” the manager said. “Huge saves, particularly immoderate of those extracurricular shots. We said astatine the opening of the playoffs that Charlie was going to marque immoderate large saves for us.”
Charles Pruit, who led the Jackrabbits with 5 goals, scored connected a backhanded changeable aboriginal successful the 2nd to get the tally started for the Jackrabbits.
Taylor Oatley and Colin Soohoo each scored with a 6-on-5 vantage to get the Jackrabbits to wrong a extremity and past Marcus Cruz scored to necktie the people with 29 seconds near successful the second.
Reece Hamond scored connected a punishment changeable with 3 seconds near to springiness the Jackrabbits their archetypal pb astatine 6-5.
Pruit closed retired the 3rd with goals connected back-to-back attacks to enactment Poly up 10-6.
“It feels great, particularly doing it with my buddies,” Pruit said.
Crespi got to wrong 3 with 3 minutes remaining but the Jackrabbits didn’t fto the Celts get immoderate closer.
“I conscionable deliberation Long Beach Poly played a large game,” Crespi manager Stephan Pilillian said. “They adjusted well. They executed. They did a large job.”
The Celts past played successful a Southern Section title successful 2019.
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