Athletics
Poly's playing field is named "Babcock Field," named after former Head of School Mike Babcock. The school's mascot is a panther. Poly's athletic rival is Flintridge Preparatory School, casually referred to as "Prep," in La Cañada, California . This rivalry is over fifty years old, and as such certain traditions have stemmed from it. For example, the golf teams at both schools compete for the "mystic niblick" every spring, a trophy given to the team with the lowest overall scores over their two matches against one another. This tradition has its origins in the 1980s.
Poly competes in virtually every CIF sport except wrestling and added a co-ed, competitive fencing team in 2008. In the 2009-2010 school year, it fielded a total of 38 different teams. Poly's athletic successes include over 150 Prep League Championships, 46 CIF Championships, and 74 CIF Academic Championships.
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