At an All-Comers Track Meet, an 8-Year-Old and a 60-Year-Old Run the Same Heat
A low-key spring series on the Hollywood High track asks two dollars and a name on a clipboard, and takes all ages at their word.
Sports
From Hollywood High to the big leagues.
Effort to Revive the Runyon Canyon 10K Stalls Again, and the Hill Stays Quiet
Organizers hoped to bring the dormant race back to the fire road this spring. Permitting and park-use concerns pushed it off once more, leaving the climb to the hikers for another year.
A Nineteen-Year-Old From an East Hollywood Gym Fights Her Way Toward the Regionals
She came to the gym two years ago to lose weight and stayed to box. Now her coach thinks she has a real shot at the regional amateur tournament, if she can keep her temper in the ring.
Opening Day for a Hollywood Little League That Has More Players Than Field
Registration is up for a second straight spring, a happy problem that has the league sharing a single diamond three ways and eyeing a practice space it cannot afford.
Hollywood High's Basketball Team Grinds Into the Playoffs on Defense and Nerve
Short on height and long on effort, the Sheiks backed into a postseason berth by making every game ugly. Their coach says ugly is the plan, not the accident.
At a Hollywood Boxing Gym, the Real Program Is Keeping Kids in School
A free after-school boxing program asks its teenagers for report cards before it hands out gloves, and measures success in graduations more than wins.
Hollywood High's Cross Country Team Runs Where No One Is Watching
The Sheiks ran out their season on the Griffith Park course, in a sport with no lights, no band and no crowd to speak of.
Hollywood High Loses a Homecoming Game It Nearly Stole
The young Sheiks fell to a stronger visiting team on Friday, but a fourth-quarter push in front of the alumni crowd left their coach talking more about November than the scoreboard.
The Volunteers Keeping a Youth Football Program on the Field
Enrollment is down and the safety questions are real, but a corps of unpaid coaches and parents keeps a neighborhood tackle-football program going.
Under the Friday Lights, Hollywood High Opens Its Season With a Comeback
A young Sheiks squad trailed at the half in its home opener before rallying in the fourth quarter, giving a small but loud crowd something to stand up for.