Further jottings

FURTHER JOTTINGS

Nathaniel Gates, a freshman basketball/player, is at least 6'5". He, of course, was assigned a locker in the bottom row, even though he is one of the tallest students at LJHS. Alex Pitrofsky is 6'6"...Nathaniel's sister, Madeleine, is a puny 6-foot, 2-and-a-half...Nathaniel is listed on the varsity basketball roster for the Miramar Varsity League this month. He is juggling volleyball and basketball. Sounds like his sibling's former activity before she gave up bball...Cinder block is stacked on the edge of the football field near the gate. Presumably, that is the block that will be used to construct the new locker room/coaches office...Principal Chuck Podhorsky was enjoying Friday night's football game at Coronado. He was chatting with a Coronado administrator about how to supervise school dances...For people who have not been on campus recently, the boys locker room, which was demolished a month ago, is being replaced in the interim by temporary buildings erected in the parking lot next to the small gym...The parking area was pretty crowded Saturday with an MS walk going on, as well as Coach Drew Burdette's First Annual La Jolla Coastal Volleyball Classic with girls teams from California, Arizona, and elsewhere...There was a media report from the L.A. area about fewer numbers of boys going out for high school football. "They (parents) are afraid" of head injuries, the article quoted a coach as saying...There was another article on the trend of "holdbacks", athletes being held back a year in school by their parents so that they can "mature" in their chosen sport of football. Is this the purpose of high school athletics?


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