Former Lakewood High baseball player Tyler Leidholdt passed away late last month near Vandenberg Air Force Base. Leidholdt was hit by a bus on Highway One. He was 24. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for Sunday, March 18 from 1-4 p.m. at the American Legion (5938 Parkcrest Street) behind the ELB Baseball fields in […]
Welcome to the562.org’s Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Randy Gonzalez, Lakewood Wrestling Randy Gonzales did his family proud and solidified his legacy as one of Lakewood’s best wrestlers last weekend with a third-place finish at the CIF State meet in the 285-pound weight class. It’s the highest finish for a Lakewood wrestler in a […]
Jessie Scroggins was easy to notice during Baylor softball’s win at Long Beach State on Tuesday. When the game sponsors were announced between innings, she was the only one in a Baylor uniform singing the In-N-Out commercial. The Lakewood High alum said she’s the only one on the team who knows the song, and she […]
Lakewood’s Randy Gonzalez, Jr. placed third in the heavyweight division at the 46th annual CIF Boys Wrestling State Championships on Saturday at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. He is the first Lancer to place at state since 1981. Gonzalez pinned all five of his opponents to win a CIF-SS championship earlier this month. It is the […]
Lakewood’s Randy Gonzalez, Jr. continued his dream season last weekend at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet. Gonzalez, the CIF-SS champion at 285 pounds, took third at Masters to qualify for state. Millikan’s Alex Andrade is also headed to state after finishing seventh at 132 pounds. Andrade was the runner-up at CIF the previous week. […]
Opening day for the spring high school sports season was this past Saturday, and several local teams were in action. Baseball Millikan baseball fans got a pair of thrillers as coach Ron Keester’s Rams won two games against Bellflower, both by a score of 4-3. The Rams trailed 3-2 in both games before winning both […]