Poly sets state record for consecutive league victories

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Long Beach Poly’s march through the Moore League continues.

With a 45-6 victory over Long Beach Wilson on Friday night, the Jackrabbits (6-1, 3-0) set a state record for consecutive league victories in football with 70.

Their 69th in a row, a 28-14 decision over Millikan last week, had tied them with Sylmar, which had a streak that ran between 1989 and 1999, according to Cal-Hi Sports. Last season, the Jackrabbits’ streak surpassed the Southern Section record of Hart, which had won 65 in a row between 1990 and 2004.

Poly’s last loss in Moore League play came on Oct. 21, 1994, when Long Beach Jordan beat the Jackrabbits, 28-20.

Expect the streak to go on at least another week. The Jackrabbits, ranked No. 3 in the Southern Section Pac-5 Division and No. 7 in the Southland by The Times, face Long Beach Cabrillo (2-5, 1-2) in a 7 p.m. game Friday at Veterans Stadium.

The Jaguars, a spirited team that’s working hard and making progress under Coach Marcus Turner, a former UCLA player who spent seven years in the NFL with the Cardinals and Jets, will do their best to put up a fight.

But the Jackrabbits, who have averaged 31.6 points a game and won five in a row since a 20-7 setback against defending City Section champion Birmingham, should handle them.

Read more about the Moore League milestone game in the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

- Lauren Peterson