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Lakewood Football
BigRed66: By Lucio Arellano, Author - The Lakewood Lancers are a high school American football club based in Lakewood, California. The Lancers compete in the Harry J. Moore League as a member club of the CIF Southern Section football division. The purpose of this newest web site is to bring to the forefront the proud tradition and history of Lancer football and its strive for excellence. Founded in 1957, they played their first preseason game on September 27, 1957, as a charter member of the Moore League.
'''By Lucio Arellano, Author''' - The '''Lakewood Lancers''' are a high school [[c:American football|American football]] club based in [[Lakewood, California]]. The [https://ift.tt/2W3CBjZ Lancers] compete in the [[Moore League|Harry J. Moore League]] as a member club of the [https://cifss.org/ CIF Southern Section] football division. The purpose of this newest web site is to bring to the forefront the proud tradition and history of Lancer football<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and its strive for excellence. Founded in 1957, they played their first preseason game on September 27, 1957, as a charter member of the [[Moore League]].
The inaugural season for the Lakewood Lancers took place in the fall of 1957, as they became new members of the Harry J. Moore League. After a sluggish start to the varsity squad, and the emergence of legendary John T. Ford<ref name=":1" /> in 1963, the Lancers soon became one of the most dominant teams during his tenure at [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood]] with the assistance of line coach, Roy Woolbright.
Before the Lancers were defined as a football power in the 1960s and 70s, there was the beginning of their manifestation on the corner of [[Lakewood High School (California)|Briercrest and Centralia]] in the heart of [[Lakewood, California|Lakewood]], for what became the foundation of a football farm known across the Southern California region and the gridiron brain child of John Ford, Steve Bresnahan, Mike Christensen and other subsequent successors. The formative years portrayed an ensemble of a young team soon to be delivered from infancy, bust out and blow the minds of all football fanatics in Big Red Country. Every player on the original '57 club brought something to the table which was a unique and competitive paradigm of the golden age of football. The strong work ethic infused by head coach Chuck Toy and his assistants Morton and Carlson in the 50s, would eventually result in Lakewood's claim to Moore League greatness as a new comer paving the way for the gridiron revolution of the 60s, for instilled within upcoming performers like Gil Mendoza, Don Cornelius, Phil Gonzales, Dave Marshall, Tim Russell and others was the will to put forth maximum effort on the field and persevere<ref> History|website=lakewoodfootball.com|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>
== History ==
Texas born and bred, Coach John Ford<ref name=":1"> Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame|website=bigcountryhalloffame.org|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref> presented Lakewood a vast amount of high school and university football experience. Before arriving at Lakewood, he served as a coach at several schools including [[Rotan High School|Rotan High]], [[Hardin–Simmons University|Hardin Simmons University]] in Texas, the [[University of Arizona|University of Arizona at Tuscon]], [[Jordan High School (Long Beach, California)|Long Beach Jordan]] and [[Downey High School|Downey High]].
In 1966, Ford led the Lancers to their first Moore League championship in school history. It was also the first time the Lancers had defeated Wilson by a convincing 33-28 final score in front of over 17,000 screaming spectators at Veteran's Memorial Stadium. Later that season, the Lancers went on to play in the CIF semi-finals. At the end of the season, Ford was elected to head the south's team in the California North-South All Star Football game in 1967.
Lakewood had yet another banner season under the command of Coach Ford as the Lancers won their second Moore League crown and faced the [[Anaheim High School|Anaheim Colonists]] in the quarter finals of the CIF playoffs<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The Lancers saw more action in the semi-finals of the 1969 playoffs when they faced the Blair Vikings and fell short of advancing to the final. It wasn't until the 1970<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> season when Lakewood marched all the way to the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] for the CIF<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> finals where they fell to Bishop Amat<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> by a single point. The final score in that contest was 18-17.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
[[File:Lakewoodvsbishopamat.png|alt=lakewood lancers, lakewood football, bishop amat, los angeles coliseum, 1970|thumb|316x316px|1970 CIF 4-A Championship. Lakewood vs. Bishop Amat, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.]]
Coach Roy Woolbright<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> was another Texan breed with tremendous all-around athletic ability. He earned All League honors in football, basketball and baseball to name a few from his impressive resume. A star performer at [[Rice University]], Woolbright led the Owls to the 1954 [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]. Upon completing his career at Rice, Woolbright served as an Army officer before returning to the gridiron as a high school coach in Texas. Sunny, Southern California was his next stop where he served as a line coach at [[Long Beach Polytechnic High School|Long Beach Poly]].
Known for its tradition of championship caliber teams, Poly lost an integral part of its coaching staff as Woolbright packed his bags and headed to [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood]] in 1963. In just three years following Ford's and Woolbright's arrival at Lakewood, the Lancers went from a dismal 3-5 record to a respectable 7-1 mark in the 1965 season with key wins over Poly and crosstown rival Millikan. It was a match made in heaven as the two coaches joined forces to assemble some of the greatest teams to ever set foot on the playing field at Lakewood. Coach Ford retired in 1979 from [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood]] and went on to coach at [[Long Beach City College|LBCC]].
[[File:LakewoodvsMayfairMilkBowl.png|alt=lakewood lancers, lakewood football, milk bucket, lakewood, mayfair|thumb|318x318px|Milk Bucket Poster Design: Lakewood RB Sebastian Kronberger (34) featured. Illustration: Lucio Arellano]]
'''Early Years'''
Sept. 27, 1957 — Football clubs from [[Lakewood High School (California)|Lakewood]] and [[Millikan High School|Millikan]], which appeared to be "mostest" and "leastest" in the Milk Bowl<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> last Friday night, go their separate ways tonight. Lakewood, which encountered a rough going in its first night of football, travels to [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] to meet [[Ramona High School (Riverside, California)|Ramona]]. Millikan<ref></ref>, which blanked two rivals in the Carnival, treks to [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] to face [[North High School (Torrance, California)|North High]]. Lakewood coach Chuck Toy has shuffled his lineup in an effort to get better speed and strength into the forward wall. Former quarterback Phil Gonzales will start at end, and Ted Barstine moves to tackle and Bill Avery and Jules Canute take over the starting guard spots.
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