LJHS coach Kelly Drobeck (R)
hobnobs with fellow
coaches after hugs.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper, Jr.
It was warming to see Kelly Drobeck, back coaching high school volleyball, share hugs with some of her coaching colleagues before Torrey Pines' squad rotated to play Drobeck's Vikings in a multi-team, round-robin scrimmage at La Jolla High Thurs., Aug. 25.
The sextet or so of teams moved among courts and between gyms on the Draper St. campus, playing each opponent one game before trading places. La Jolla faced Parker and the Falcons early in the afternoon.
One saw a lot of smiles on Drobeck's face also as she patrolled the sidelines during her 2016 unit's scrimmaging, keeping stats as a southpaw, chatting with her assistant coach, giving her players pointers.
This was the Hall-of-Fame-level coach's return to the high school bench after being forced out after nearly two decades at USDHS and Cathedral Catholic 18 months ago.
There, in an incredible string of years, the veteran coach won more CIF titles, 15, than league titles, 14.
"We're lucky to have her," said a beaming Paula Conway, athletic director at La Jolla overseeing the completion of a major overhaul of campus sports facilities. The main gym has a newly repaired roof, and access to parking next to the building is now opened up after being roped off most of the summer.
Drobeck commented last week that she has a talented group of athletes in her new program. La Jolla has a solid tradition of girls volleyball. The cabinet certainly isn't bare.
It will be fun to see what develops over the course of the fall season under the new coach's direction.
No comments:
Post a Comment