Sports Briefs : Semipro Football Tryouts Scheduled for Bellflower

Tryouts for the Bellflower Bears semipro football team are scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday and at 10 a.m. on April 27 at Bellflower High School.

There is a $10 fee, and candidates should bring cleats, shorts and a T-shirt, said Coach Bob Schremp.

Schremp, who has had the team for 12 years, has two new volunteer assistants--former Rams stars Charlie Cowan and Dick Bass.

Odell Leaving Millikan

Bill Odell, 48, the boys basketball coach at Millikan High School for 20 years, has been named coach at Azusa Pacific University.

“The challenge of coaching at the collegiate level has always been a dream of mine,” said Odell, who added that Pacific Azusa’s Christian emphasis also made the position attractive.

Odell’s high school coaching record was 402-199, and he led Millikan to a CIF Southern Section title in 1989.

Heck of a Halibut

Mike Wilcox of Norwalk won the Santa Monica Halibut Derby last weekend when he caught a 43 1/2-inch, 33-pound squid-baited halibut.

He was fishing off the Sea Spray, a Redondo Sports Fishing boat, and caught the big one between the Hermosa Beach pier and the Manhattan Beach pier.

All-Star Basketball Game

Boys and girls basketball teams from the Long Beach/Southeast area will be playing teams from the Pasadena/South-Central Los Angeles area in the ninth annual Community Cage Classic Friday night at Long Beach Community College.

The girls game will start at 6 p.m. and the boys game at 8.

Among the players will be Mark Flick and Marja Miller of Cerritos, Jamie Davis of Millikan, Darryl Bryant of Jordan, Tyus Edney of Poly, Juaquin Hawkins of Lynwood, DeAndre Auston of Artesia, Shameka Brown of Gahr and Lashon Egans of Compton.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.