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There was a changing of the guard Monday, the opening day of summer football workouts at two-time defending City Section champion Birmingham. For the first time in four years, there was no…

This story is part of our L.A. Times 2021 fall All-Star football team coverage. Read the full series here.There are only a few things on the football field Arlis Boardingham of Lake Balboa…

There was a little more than two minutes left in the Southern California 3-A regional championship football game. Lake Balboa Birmingham High had a fourth and two from its own 28-yard line…

Arlis Boardingham, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound senior at Lake Balboa Birmingham, just led his team to the City Section Open Division football championship on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, the…

On fourth down in the City Section Open Division championship game Saturday night, San Pedro free safety Robert Sarmiento surged forward with all his might and hit 6-foot-5 Arlis Boardingham…

Sixth in a series of stories profiling top high school players in the Southland by position.For four seasons, Lake Balboa Birmingham football coach Jim Rose and his standout player, Arlis…