00:02Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
00:04Long Beach Poly is what Long Beach really has to be proud of.
00:08Home of the Jackrabbit.
00:09Welcome to Long Beach, baby!
00:11Poly!
00:12With more wins than any other California team over the last century.
00:16Tradition is everything at Long Beach Poly.
00:18More than 50 graduates drafted by the NFL.
00:21We have the most NFL players from a high school in the nation.
00:24This is the best football program in the country.
00:26We got some of the best underclassmen in the country.
00:28Named high school of the century by Sports Illustrated.
00:30We just have too much talent.
00:32Under 10, baby.
00:3228 regional championships.
00:34We ready, man.
00:36We just know we ready.
00:37Oh, yeah!
00:37Two beats!
00:38Two claps!
00:40Six state titles in 13 years.
00:43This year you should expect nothing short of greatness from this team.
00:46Long Beach Poly is an unstoppable football force.
00:50But last season, all that changed.
00:55In a stunning upset, defending champion Long Beach Poly is eliminated.
01:01Last year we were 6-6.
01:03Worst season ever for me as a head coach.
01:06This year we must win.
01:07We must get back on the right track.
01:09And off the field, the stakes are even higher.
01:12Violent crime in Long Beach is up dramatically this year.
01:15It's the slums.
01:16It's run-down, gang-ridden, drugs.
01:19That's Long Beach.
01:20There was yet another gang-related shooting in Long Beach last night.
01:23Gary got robbed and he got shot.
01:25I said, what?
01:26This guy is dead.
01:27I just seen this man last week at my game.
01:29You could be walking down the streets and they will gun you down.
01:34For me, getting a college scholarship is my male ticket out of here.
01:37If I don't break this tackle, then my son won't be able to eat.
01:41Because it's the only way I'll be able to get out and provide for him in life.
01:44I need to go to college.
01:45I'm going to get out of here.
01:46For many Jackrabbits, the only way out is playing football.
01:50Some guys are playing on the football teams that we know already are gang members.
01:54This shows you the game-bang or play sports.
01:56You want to be hard from the hood?
01:57Or you want to be the hardest person on the football team?
01:59For these players, it's do or die.
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