Column: La Mirada High's Julien Gomez among emerging Southland basketball stars
Julien Gomez of La Mirada scored 30 points in a 53-50 upset of Foothill. (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)'Crafty.'That's the word used to desc...
Julien Gomez of La Mirada scored 30 points in a 53-50 upset of Foothill. (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)'Crafty.'That's the word used to describe 6-foot-3 sophomore Julien Gomez of La Mirada, one of the top high school basketball scorers in Southern California with a 26.6 scoring average.He takes it as a compliment because it means all the ways he has explored to make baskets is paying off.'I'm happy people call me crafty because me and my coach having been working on all my craftiness, working on my handle, working on my shot,' he said.