From Hollywood High to the big leagues.
Hollywood High took its opener 6–3 in 97-degree heat. The pitching was ragged, the defense was not, and the coach spent most of the afternoon watching the ground.
Hollywood High and John Marshall renew a preseason series older than their coaches — and revive the unsettled question of where the battered trophy came from.
The Sheiks begin their season on an infield that six weeks ago drained like a parking lot, regraded over the spring by a coach, a grounds crew and a lot of volunteer shovels.
Organizers have confirmed next spring's marathon will send some twenty thousand runners down the Boulevard, a prospect that divides merchants along the closure route.
The Cahuenga Cardinals took the district championship over the weekend. Behind them was a season paid for one hot dog and raffle ticket at a time.
The summer basketball run at Poinsettia Park has kept the same unwritten rules for four decades: winners hold the court, everyone calls their own fouls, and nobody is in charge on purpose.
The West Side Boxing Club opened in 1951 and has passed from a retired welterweight to his son to his grandson, who marked the anniversary during regular hours.
Some 400 runners took on the fire road above Hollywood on Sunday morning; the fastest of them finished in 41 minutes, and all of them agreed the climb had not gotten any shorter.
The Sheiks' fastest runner in a generation has committed to a state university, a decision her coach measured the way he measures everything, in tenths of a second.
Six teams, two mornings a week at De Longpre Park, and a commissioner who keeps the records in dry-erase marker and defends them like a referee.
