Welcome back to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood Baseball Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood last week in a must-win Moore League contest against Poly. Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a […]
Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood on Friday. In a must-win Moore League contest against a Poly team that beat the Lancers in extra innings earlier this year, Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a 2-1 Lancers victory. Watch […]
We’ve got a great gallery from the Lakewood Poly game taken by photographer Art O’Neill.
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The Lakewood volleyball team got a wakeup call from Wilson last week—consider the Lancers wide awake. Lakewood clinched a share of the Moore League title on Thursday afternoon with a quick sweep of Long Beach Poly on the Jackrabbits’ Senior Day, winning 25-19, 25-14, 25-12. Lakewood coach Devon Taylor’s group is one match up on […]
We’ve got some great shots of the Trackrabbits at the Mt. SAC Invitational by photographers Art O’Neill and John Napalan.
From a distance it would have looked like any other group of friends on the beach, working out together, tossing a football around while relaxing afterwards. Except that when closer proximity lifted the veil of fog that blanketed the Long Beach peninsula that particular Saturday morning, it was obvious that this group of friends was […]
Lakewood High alum Jessica Scroggins has been on ESPN more than any other local softball product with recent appearances on the top 10 plays countdown. On Monday, the Baylor senior outfielder made more news by being selected by the Chicago Bandits in the third round with the 15th overall of the 2018 National Pro Fast […]
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Last month, Millikan softball suffered critical miscues down the stretch in its 12th consecutive Moore League loss to defending champion Lakewood. Last night, the Rams mashed eight hits and scored six runs in the final two innings of their 8-5 win over the Lancers at Lisa […]
So far this season Lakewood has seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut, rolling through the Moore League competition pretty efficiently. That earned the Lancers a first-place standing and the top ranking in the CIF Southern Section for Division 2. The first time Lakewood faced defending league champion Wilson, the Lancers swept the Bruins by a combined […]