Sports Desk

Rastan Campbell, a senior linebacker and wide receiver at Harbor, is also a reggae musician and rapper. Check his stuff out …

Girls have played tackle football at the high school level before. Lauren Gardner was the all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League kicker for Harbor in 2005. Women have competed as kickers on the D-I level, as well.

But a lineman in high school ball? Really?

Holley Mangold, a 17-year-old from Ohio, is a 315-pound lineman. She benches 265 and squats 525. Her brother plays for the New York Jets. She’ll likely play college ball somewhere next year, likely at the D-II or D-II level.

Gardner said she thought it was pretty cool when she heard about Holley, and is even thinking about trying out for the Cabrillo team in the fall. I think that’s pretty cool.

Check out both their stories in Wednesday’s Sentinel. Holley’s web site is worth checking out, too.