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LA CAÑADA >> It was Long Beach Poly’s toughest trial of the CIF Southern Section shot playoffs and the Jackrabbits would not person wanted it immoderate different way.
However, Poly was capable to tally for astir 400 yards connected the mode to a 38-7 against St. Francis successful the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled Saturday night.
The triumph gave Poly its 20th CIF-SS shot title successful schoolhouse history. It was the program’s archetypal since 2012.
Long Beach Poly players celebrates aft defeating St. Francis, 38-7, successful the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Jalen Johnson, center, and Dylan Willams, right, observe on with their squad aft defeating St. Francis, 38-7, to triumph the CIF-SS Division 4 title rubric astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Devin Samples (6) runs the shot into the extremity portion to people a touchdown against St. Francis during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Shea Kuykendall (5) tries to occurrence disconnected a walk during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against St. Francis astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Nicholas Kelly (13) races crossed the tract during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly caput coach, Stephen Barbee, holds up the CIF-SS Division 4 title rubric aft defeating St. Francis, 38-7, astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis??? Preston Jernegan (44) is brought down during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis’ Jett McCullough (27) looks for an unfastened lane to tally during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Devin Samples (6) crossed the tract during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against St. Francis astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis takes the tract up of the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Long Beach Poly’s Devin Samples (6) celebrates aft scoring a touchdown against St. Francis during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis clasp up their helmets arsenic they sing aft losing to Long Beach Poly, 38-7, successful the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis’ Max Garrison, right, is embraced aft his squad mislaid to Long Beach Poly, 38-7, successful the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis’ Myles Shannon (24) tries to shingle disconnected Long Beach Poly???s Malik Brown (9) during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis’ Maxwell Garrison (2) falls backmost arsenic helium makes a drawback on the sideline during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis’ Jack Jacobs (16) tries to occurrence disconnected a walk during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
St. Francis fans cheer during the CIF-SS Division 4 title crippled against Long Beach Poly astatine St. Francis High School successful La Canada Flintridge, connected Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
“The ngo stays the same,” said Long Beach Poly manager Stephen Barbee. “It’s not who we play but however we play.”
“It feels bully to win. We haven’t won 1 successful a agelong clip truthful it’s a blessing,” said Poly inferior moving backmost Devin Samples, who finished the crippled with 38 carries, 220 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns.
“All my hard enactment is paying off,” Samples added.
Long Beach Poly inferior moving backmost Devin Samples had 38 carries, 220 rushing yards and 3 TDs successful the @CIFSS Division 4 Football Championship Game. @devin_samples said it is simply a blessing that each his hard enactment is paying off. @LBPoly_Football @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/S0S0VN8Uwf
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 28, 2021
Poly sophomore information Timmy Tuiagamoa got the Jackrabbits defence going erstwhile helium forced a fumble connected the opening possession. The shot was recovered by Poly elder linebacker Malik Brown with 10:20 near successful the archetypal quarter.
Poly capitalized connected the turnover connected their archetypal possession connected offense. Samples scored connected a 5-yard touchdown tally to springiness Poly a 7-0 pb with 8:21 near successful the archetypal quarter. That would not beryllium the past clip Samples recovered the extremity portion against the Golden Knights.
Overall, Poly executed its crippled program and kept the crippled simple, relying connected its beardown moving crippled down an experienced violative line.
“You can’t overthink it. As a manager you request to recognize you don’t request to tally a clump of plays, you request to beryllium capable to tally the plays that work,” said Barbee. “If they’re not going to set to thing oregon they’re going to play definite types of defenses, there’s ever going to beryllium violative plays that volition beryllium determination and work.
“You person to beryllium accordant with that and beryllium capable to execute them.”
Long Beach Poly manager Stephen Barbee’s interrogation aft winning the @CIFSS Division 4 Football Championship 38-7 connected the roadworthy against St. Francis. Barbee credited his moving backs and o-line. @CoachSBarbee @LBPoly_Football @BeachVarsity @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/7DmhQYoPi5
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 28, 2021
St. Francis was not deterred aboriginal successful the game. After being down 7-0 it responded by taking vantage of missed tackles connected a 20-yard touchdown walk from inferior backmost Jack Jacobs to elder wide receiver Dylan Bell to necktie the crippled astatine 7 with 6:07 near successful the archetypal quarter.
“We had immoderate things we tin amended on,” Barbee shared.
However, aft that, it would beryllium each Poly.
Samples finished the archetypal fractional with 24 carries, 134 rushing yards, and 3 touchdowns, giving Poly a 21-7 pb astatine halftime.
“I enactment the squad connected my back, it feels wonderful,” Samples said. “The violative enactment was amazing. I can’t convey them enough.”
“Our violative enactment did an unthinkable occupation going from the archetypal and 2nd level. Our 2 moving backs, Devin Samples and Joshua Cason, they were awesome,” Barbee added.
Cason, a sophomore moving backmost who is besides a starting linebacker, finished with 14 carries for 133 yards rushing and 1 touchdown.
Long Beach Poly seniors springiness caput manager Stephen Barbee a good deserved triumph bath aft winning the school’s 20th CIF Football Championship. @LBPoly_Football @CoachSBarbee @BeachVarsity @presstelegram @PoeDonovan @jalenjohnson21 @donnszn_ #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/mZKoHcjmqa
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 28, 2021
THE CLASS OF 2022
Barbee said he’s precise arrogant of his team, successful peculiar his seniors, who helped clasp St. Francis to 20 yards rushing successful the title game.
“Coming disconnected our 2019 playoff loss, we showed up the adjacent Monday astatine 6 a.m. moving and we haven’t stopped moving since,” Barbee said. “We felt we had a large outpouring but unluckily for those seniors (Class of 2021) determination were nary playoffs, truthful it is large to beryllium capable to spot seniors beryllium successful a presumption to not lone beryllium astatine the creation and astatine the array but instrumentality the full thing.”
Long Beach Poly manager Stephen Barbee said he’s highly arrogant of his seniors, who person worked each time since their 2019 playoff nonaccomplishment to triumph a 2021 @CIFSS Championship. @PoeDonovan @jalenjohnson21 @donnszn_ @KuykendallShea @tysonbordeaux15 @CoachSBarbee #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/T5CDzDSJUR
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 28, 2021
Poly’s play volition proceed into the period of December. The Jackrabbits volition beryllium successful a Southern California Regional title crippled adjacent week, and if they triumph they beforehand to the authorities championships connected Dec. 10-11.
“We’re excited to get different week of shot with this group,” Barbee continued. “It’s different week to beryllium capable to get better, beryllium capable to execute, beryllium capable to program for different squad and play Long Beach Poly shot successful the California authorities determination game.”
Samples believes winning a CIF-SS title is conscionable a halt connected the travel to winning a CIF State championship.
“The occupation is not done. We person regionals and a authorities title to win,” helium said.
Long Beach Poly beats St. Francis 38-7 to triumph the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Championship. I’m breaking down however Poly’s beardown moving crippled pb by Devin Samples won the game. @devin_samples @LBPoly_Football @BeachVarsity @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/1Movq3K96H
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) November 28, 2021
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