HS FOOT: McBroom gives Campbell Hall a lift

Austin McBroom, a top basketball and baseball player at Campbell Hall of North Hollywood, has joined the football team for his junior season, and he is expected to have a major impact.

"I like football a lot," McBroom said.

McBroom, a junior all-purpose back, looked terrific today against Antelope Valley. He scored on a 25-yard touchdown run the first time he touched the football, though the play was nullified by a penalty. The second time McBroom got his hands on the ball, he broke five tackles on a 38-yard run, then scored a few moments later on a 5-yard run.

McBroom played one game his freshman season and scored a touchdown before going down with an injury, and then-basketball coach Terry Kelly dissuaded McBroom from playing football again.

Kelly has resigned, and that helped to open the door for McBroom to rejoin the football team.

"(Kelly) kind of encouraged me not to play football," McBroom said. "But I understood it. He wanted to keep me healthy."

-- Gerry Gittelson