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Well, hi again, everybody. Thanks for joining us here in
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the Sports Buzz. I'm Dave Caldwell.
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And on today's show, we've got the Masters men's soccer
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team undefeated over their last four games. We're going to
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have the head coach, Jim Rickard, Trent Rickard, our All-American
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and Conference Player of the Year. Peyton Gorans will be here,
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both of those guys captains. Then we're going to be
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joined by the Heart Hawks cross-country team. Head coach Darren
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James is going to be bringing in Miles Pronte from
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the boys' side and Julia Redwine from the girls' side,
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looking to see if.
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They can for Pete on the year.
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But we're going to start with high school football as
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this past Friday was the final non-league games played. So
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the second and perhaps the most important part of the
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season is about to get underway. Defending league champion Valencia
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opened up an early lead and were able to maintain
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it in a 49-40 win over the Paraclete Spirits. Nico
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Funes ran for 222 yards and four touchdowns to pave
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the Vikings' attack. The Vikings enter Foothill League play with
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a 19-game win streak. Saugus moved to 3-1 on this
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season with a dominating 55-7 win over the Wanimi Vikings.
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The Centurions continue to rotate between junior Braden Connolly and
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freshman Zach Barnes at quarterback. Connolly went 6-9, 138 yards
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and a pair of scores, while Barnes went 6-8 for
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92 yards and also a couple of touchdowns. The Hardhawks
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bounced back from their loss to Pacifica with a convincing
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49-14 win over Heritage Christian.
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All of their points were scored in.
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The first half with five touchdowns alone in the second quarter.
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Golden Valley led 15-7 going into the fourth quarter, but
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15 unanswered Bulldog points in the final 12 minutes gave
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Burbank the 22-15 win.
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The Grizzlies fall to 2-2 in non-league action.
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In other scores, Park handed Castaic their second loss in
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as many weeks, winning 45-21. Moorpark took care of the
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West Ranch Wildcats by 41 points, and Canyon got shut
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out by the Crespi Celts. Santa Clarita Christian also couldn't
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get away from laying the goose egg against Sage Hill.
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Trinity did not play.
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In community college football, COC traveled a number two-ranked Riverside
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City College, but they may have wished they hadn't as
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the Tigers had their way with the Cougars this 64-10.
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So here's how the Foothill League football schedule will play
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out this week. Friday, Castaic will be at Valencia to
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open up league. Saugus at Golden Valley Canyon at West Ranch.
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Hart will not be playing this week. And then on Saturday,
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it's the Faith Bowl. Santa Clarita Christian taking on Trinity
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at 6 o'clock. And for College of the Canyons, they're
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going to be traveling to Pasadena City College.
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That game also starting at 6 o'clock. Well, we're going
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to take a quick break.
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When we return, it's going to be all about the
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Masters men's soccer team.
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Welcome back inside the studio for the Sports Buzz. Masters
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Man Soccer has been in existence since 1970.
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And in that time, 556 wins.
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I believe that's eighth most in NAIA history. And so
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I thought, well, we've got to bring the guys in
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from Masters Soccer. And so joining us today, the head coach,
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Jim Rickard, who's been here since about that time.
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Yeah.
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Maybe a little less. Trent Rickard and Peyton Gorans.
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Guys, thanks very much for being here.
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With us today.
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Thanks for having us. Thank you.
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Jim, you have been the head coach for a long time.
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36 seasons.
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Yes, sir.
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You've been the head coach.
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Before that, you were assistant coach for a couple of years.
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And then even before that, a player at Masters, an
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All-American during that time. You're the 10th winningest coach all
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time in NAIA men's soccer history. Second active, second most
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active coach. I'm just going to give you all these accolades.
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But here's what I want to know.
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What is it about this program, this school, that makes
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you want to devote so much of yourself to it?
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Well, as a player, I fell in love with my
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teammates and what the university stands for. And I didn't
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plan on being the head coach, uh, the accounting major,
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get my CPA, my coach left. They gave me the opportunity. Um,
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I just love the guys I played with. And once
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you recruit people and you spend time with people to
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break that, I didn't go into it to sort of
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move around or move up. I went because I love
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the university, what they stood for and my teammates and
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which eventually turned into my players. Um, I was just
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talking about one of my former teammates from 94. He's
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my best friend and they sent somebody, he sent somebody
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from the church to come. So I have just a
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history of, of love for my teammates and the players
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and seeing them now having kids and sending, I mean,
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I've had plenty of kids play for me with their
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dads played for me.
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I just, I just can't imagine when I have to
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break that cycle, which is some point I will. I'm
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getting older.
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But you're not that old.
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No.
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You're not that old. Not in the coaching world.
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No.
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You've got a long way to go.
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Yeah.
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You can do this for a long time. This year,
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you're doing well.
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2-2-2 overall. But you have not lost in the last
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four games. You've had a win, a couple of ties,
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another win. And that win on Friday against La Sierra,
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the defending conference champions, was huge. How big of a
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win is that for you? And does that set you
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up for the rest of the way this season?
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Well, we sure hope.
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So, I mean, we marked out on our calendar from
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last year, we had an unfortunate loss at their place
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last year. Um, felt like we had some, uh, retaliation
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and retribution and revolution that we wanted to be involved
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in with them. And, uh, we were really excited to
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be able to score some goals and get up to
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a four lead and play some extra people and just
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really take care of business. And it was definitely a, um,
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a stamp. for the rest of the conference to see
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that and go, boy, you know, his master's legit.
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Yeah. And I think it is.
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And you're, and you're happy to have this guy healthy
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after a tough go, your freshman year, we'll get to
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that all American two years ago, you join your dad,
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only eight players have ever been an all American. And
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the two records have both made that.
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We actually have more all Americans, but they don't, they
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don't leave on the website, the honorable.
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Mention, all Americans. It's just first, second, and third team.
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So we have a lot more that are honorable mentions,
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but some years there were a lot. But as far
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as a first, second, or third team, which is a
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really exclusive group to get into and really tough, yeah,
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we've both had the privilege of being honored in that way.
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That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool.
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Hart High School graduate as well, all CIF there. Three-time All-League, four-year?
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What was it, three or four?
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It was three, yeah.
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Three, sorry.
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But a three-time All-League. You joined your dad at Master's.
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But I've got to bring it up because it was incredible.
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Your first game, if I remember right, you had that
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devastating injury. And it was an injury that was one
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that really threatened, honestly, it threatened your playing time, the
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rest of your career.
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You could have been put on the shelf after that.
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Yet then you work your way back for that entire season.
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And then the next year, you're the conference player of
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the year. You're an All-American player. Can you somehow relate
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to me the determination and motivation that you had to
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be able to work your way back from that injury
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that would have just absolutely wiped out anybody else except
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for you? What was it about you that was so
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determined to get you back?
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I mean, anyone that's been hurt before can attest that
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sitting out, obviously you're super passionate to come back and
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you want to do everything you can to come back better.
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what set that apart for me was I always talk
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about how I was in the hospital for 11 days
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and like looking back, I feel like that should have
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been super hard, but it wasn't because people were super
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gracious to me and loving. And I would have people
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that I didn't think were that close to me. They
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would come and sit with me for three, four hours
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and just talk and like literally every day. And if
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I wasn't with people, I was on the phone with people.
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So like simply having that love shed on me is,
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was enough to be, super motivating and the days you're
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not motivated, it drives your discipline that you don't want
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to just do it for yourself, but you want to
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do it for those people. And I had so many
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people telling me like, it's hard to recover from this,
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but it's possible. So like be the one, be the
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one that is different. So having that in the back
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of your mind, it's not just you motivating yourself, but
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it's all these other people. And I mean, yeah, I'm
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just gracious to God that I was able to get
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through that. And yeah.
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11 days in the hospital. That was the initial run, though.
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And you had, I think, a couple of surgeries during
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that time.
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And then that was in the fall. But then you
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had to go back in in the springtime. Were you
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beginning to think at that point, oh, I don't know.
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Can I? I don't know if I can make this.
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Yeah, I mean, I was a little worried in spring
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just because, but he can attest, the doctors in fall
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were a little bit weird about coming back. We'd one
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guy say, like, basically, you won't be able to play
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again or you won't be the same, all this stuff.
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And then he softened up because he found out we
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were offended. But when I started coming back, I had like,
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it's technical, but I had a skin graft. So there
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was just some funky stuff going on. And like I
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would run, I'd feel okay. And then out of nowhere,
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sometimes I'd just give out or just wouldn't like fire properly.
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And there wasn't an answer to it. It was super weird.
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So the third surgery I had in April, they said
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was purely just cosmetic to get rid of the skin graft.
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But what it actually did was, stitched up some.
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Internal stuff too.
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And that was the answer.
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So again, super.
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Gracious that that worked out because according to them, it's
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just cosmetic, but ended up being, I think the key
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to coming back.
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So that, that was not an easy year for you.
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No, no, it was difficult.
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Um, but I mean, one, one it's coach player relationship,
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but two bottom line father, son relationship.
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Well, I've been looking forward to him playing for me
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since he was five years old and it was, you know,
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finally there. And really the first game thinking, oh, it's
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just a Charlie horse. You know, it turned into being
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as dramatic as he may lose his leg, you know.
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Right.
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That was a tough, tough year.
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Peyton, you're in your fourth year with the Masters after
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coming over from UC Davis. You've started all but one
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game in the last two plus seasons, sophomore year, junior year.
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You were one of only two.
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Guys to start every single game last year. Only people
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like me figure that kind of stuff out.
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No one else.
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What was it that drew you to Masters? And why
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is it that you've been staying through these four years?
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Yeah, I think the primary thing that comes to mind
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that defines my time at Masters has just been community
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and just the care that a coach puts into everything
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that he does and how he coaches us as players.
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He treats us as more than just soccer players. He
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treats us as human beings. And that comes from the
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faith that the university has, but also just the culture
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that he's cultivated and the culture that all the guys
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in the locker room buy into. So I go to
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practice every day knowing that whether I have a good
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day or I have a bad day, it's not going
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to change coach's perception of me or any of the
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other guys' perception of me. And that just is really
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freeing as a player to go out there and just
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be yourself and both as a person, as a player,
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and try new things, and it doesn't work out, then
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you shake it off, guys come alongside you, pick you up,
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build you up, and come back stronger the next day.
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That was something that I didn't really experience in my
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previous university and previous soccer experiences, and that was something
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that Coach really conveyed when I expressed interest in coming over,
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and that's ultimately what led me here, and something that
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I've really enjoyed the last four years.
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You mentioned the culture that Coach Rickard has created. Can
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you define what that culture is? That might be hard
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to do, but can you kind of give us a
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sense of what that's like?
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Yeah, so I think the culture changes a little bit
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every year, just depending on the personnel we have. Certainly
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this year, we believe we have the pieces to be
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a really great team, to go really far and really
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challenge for championships. So our theme this year is press
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on and overcome adversity and just keep sticking with the process, learning, adapting,
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taking the challenges head on and figuring out what works
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and what doesn't. And then just building each other up
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through that. So I would say that's definitely our goal
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this year is to be guys who are adapting to
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the circumstances and really just pushing forward to achieve the
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ultimate prize. And I think that's kind of the culture
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we've foundationally had the last four years, at least the
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years I've been here, has just been building each other
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up and pushing on and striving to achieve the goals
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of the team and the ultimate goal that the university
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gives us with our faith.
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He's been with the program for four years.
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What is it that you've liked about Peyton Gorins during
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those four years?
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Oh, he's extremely versatile. We actually laugh. Some of the
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guys want me to play him in goal because he's
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played every single position except goalkeeper. And having that willingness
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and that ability, which means you've got a high soccer IQ,
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you've got the ability to understand, and he does them well.
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It's not just, let's throw Peyton here. He's the first
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guy we think of when maybe we're down in numbers
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or something happens and we can't sub. He's literally played
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every single position except goalkeeping. And that's a special trait.
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You know, versatility is one of the top things I
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look for when I'm recruiting. If you're not a very
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position-specific player, like a goalkeeper, maybe a nine, a left back,
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you need to be versatile.
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You got to be.
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Able to play everywhere. And it's easier said than done.
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And he's done a great job. And he's not only able,
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he's willing to Some people aren't willing because they think
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they won't do as well there. That means you're a
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team player. And a team player is a leader. That's
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why he's been a captain the last two years. When
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you're willing to sacrifice for the team, maybe you're sacrificing
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goals or maybe you're sacrificing where you think you're the best.
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Those are leadership qualities. And that's one of the reasons
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why he's been a captain. Both these guys have been
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captains the last two years because of the qualities that
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they have.
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I'm curious from you guys' perspective. I'm going to start
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with you, Trent. Forget about the dad part of this, coach.
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This is what we want to focus on. The last
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few years, Masters has tended to be picked mid-pack preseason
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to finish in the Great Southwest Athletic Conference. And yet
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two of the last three years, this team has made
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it to the conference tournament championship game. This year, picked
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in the lower half. I'm sure that's kind of motivational,
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but here's my question. What is it about Coach Rickard?
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You talked a little bit about the culture that he's created,
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but I'm really curious about what it is about Coach
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Rickard and the rest of the coaches at Masters that
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helps you elevate your game to another level that tends
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to overachieve what everyone thinks this team is.
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Capable of doing.
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I think what Peyton said is very true. First of all,
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he definitely brings the best out of us. Because he
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doesn't just treat us as players. And like he said,
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his love for us isn't determined on if we have
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a good game or good practice.
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It's more than that.
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So always having that built-in confidence is huge. And I
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think any athlete can attest that when you play the
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best is when you're confident. And that starts with confidence
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from others. And that builds into yourself. So having that
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confidence from him is super, super helpful. And I mean,
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I think also on top of that, he's tactically very strong.
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And like an example is Last year, two years ago,
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the year we went to the conference final, we started
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off 0-4, I think, counting games. We were like 0-6
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with scrimmages too. And we had a good team, but
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it just wasn't clicking. And he made this tactical change
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where he wanted us to be super compact, all this stuff.
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And we went unbeaten in the next nine games or
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eight games. I mean, obviously we were playing good too,
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but because of that tactical change. So his experience and
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determination to make things work is something I've admired and
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apart from him being my dad, that's one of the
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reasons I wanted to play for him is he can
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adapt at halftime or before the game and make things
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really special.
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So it's fun.
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That adaptation, something that you like as well?
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Absolutely. Yeah, he stole my answer. But thinking back to it,
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there's been very few tactical moves that coaches implemented, whether
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before a game or at halftime, that I felt like
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didn't work out. I feel like He's just got a
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great understanding of the game. And whenever he tells us, hey,
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let's try this. Let's move to this formation. Let's counteract
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them this way. It usually works out really, really well.
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Trent brought up two years ago where we started out
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0-6 in preseason. And in the starting conference, we went 8-0.
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Seven and one, something like that. We just had a
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great unbeaten run to begin conference. And even the year
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before that, we qualified for playoffs in like the fifth
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seed or fourth seed. So we weren't even really high.
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And then we ended up making conference finals again, knocking
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out the number one seed in the semifinals. I think
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that coach just, like I said earlier, just builds a
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culture of, just ferocity and adaptation and the ability to
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just press on and overcome challenges where even if we're
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not picked to be the best or we're not even
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playing the best current, like in the current situation, he's
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going to find ways to kind of get the best
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out of us and motivate us to be our best
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and to overcome any challenge that comes to us. And
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I think that just gives us a lot of confidence
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no matter where we end up at the end of
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the season. If we're in playoffs, we feel confident that
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we're going to get to the championship. We're going to
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get far. And I think that just comes from the
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culture and the IQ.
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Jim Rickard, Trent Rickard, and Peyton Gorans, all with Masters
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Men's Soccer.
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It's a great season going so far. You're 2-2-2. Great stuff.
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Great games. Really appreciate you guys coming on and talking
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a little bit about the team this year.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Of course. Well, we're going to step aside.
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When we return, it's going to be the Hart-Hawks cross-country team,
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both the boys and the girls.
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And Head Coach Darren James will join us. So stay
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with us. What's a better idea for health care?
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What if the key to peak performance was having a
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team that works together?
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For your physical health, mental health, whole body health.
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That's integrated care from Kaiser Permanente, a better idea for
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health care. Well, the Heart Hawks are coming off back
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to back to back cross country championships on the boys side.
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That's three years.
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In a row that the team has been champions of
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the Foothill League. And last year was just an incredible
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record breaking season. So I had to have back I
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bring everyone back. Darren James, the head coach for the
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cross-country team with Hart High School. Miles Pronte is in
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the room as well. And Julia Redwine, thank you all
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very much for being with us today.
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Thank you. You bet.
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Okay, so like I said, the Hart Hawks are coming
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off that great year last year. You not only won league,
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but you went to Woodward Park up in Fresno. You
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finished fourth in Division II, eighth overall. You broke the
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team's time record.
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Yep.
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At state as well, which was very impressive. What a
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long history. 1946 is when the school was created. So
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it's a long history. And to get that kind of
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success was phenomenal. And yet this year you're returning five
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of the seven runners that you had run at state.
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Can you repeat the kind of success that you had
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last year, Darren?
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Yeah, you're right.
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We're fortunate to return five of the top seven from
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last year. Four of them are just our seniors this year.
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So really hitting the peak in their careers. Josh Jimenez,
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who was a number five, was a sophomore last year.
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So one more year of strength under his belt. And
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we've built a team of about 17 sophomore guys or
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junior and sophomore guys around him to really chase after
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our six and seven spots to support us this year.
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So we feel really, really confident that we're in a
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good position to, at the very least, repeat what we
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did last year.
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And the girls are even going to be stronger than
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they were last year as well.
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Yeah, the girls have had a really great summer of training.
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And we just had a meet a couple of weeks ago.
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Both the boys and the girls ran in an elite
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night section of the meet. The boys finished seventh and
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the girls finished sixth. So it's fun to have both
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programs really running at an elite level. We're also going
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into Woodbridge Invitational this weekend where both teams will run
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in the elite showdown race.
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So, Very exciting time. And you said teams from 14 states.
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That kind of gives you an idea of what this
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one's about coming up this weekend.
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Yeah, it's a little bit of a preview of what
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the state meet teams might look like later on. So, yeah,
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it's best teams in the state. And so it's a
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privilege for both of our programs to be there.
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What are the strengths of both of the teams?
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Our strength is always the consistency in our work. We
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talk about consistency a lot. But what's gotten us to
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this position is both on the boys and the girls side,
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great consistency in lifestyle, great consistency in execution at practice.
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Our upperclassmen really set an amazing example for our younger grades.
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And every year we get a new class and they're
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faster than the previous class that we had. And it's
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all based on these kids and the consistency that they demonstrate.
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That's why we are where we are today.
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All right, well, I want to bring in Julia and
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Myles into the conversation. And I'll start with you, Julia.
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I'm going to ask the same question to you, Myles.
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But what was it about cross country that was attractive
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to you? What was it that drew you to come
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participate in cross country?
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Well, my mom ran in high school and she thought
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it might be fun for me. And when I started running,
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I used to do gymnastics and I was like, I
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like this so much more than gymnastics because I'm meeting
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all these cool people and I get to really push
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myself every day and like see my limits.
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Miles, what about you? What was it that attracted you
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to cross country?
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Well, I initially started out as a cyclist, so another
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aerobic sport. So that was just kind of the stepping stone,
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just kind of the, I guess, just the path from
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one aerobic sport to another. And then, yeah, I guess
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I just joined the team freshman year, and it's been
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great ever since. Lots of friends, fun program.
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You're a senior now. You finished sixth in the league
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championships last year. I'm assuming your goal is going to
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be get above that. And that's the thing that is
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great about cross-country is that personal records becomes.
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A big deal throughout the entire team.
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What is it that is so motivating about this team
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that allows you guys to push beyond even what you
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may be expecting out of yourself?
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Yeah, I think we just... have a lot of really
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high goals. I think we're capable of doing some really
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big things. So that's definitely a motivating factor for wanting
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to get better. It's because I think we can really
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compete at a national level.
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Julie, I know that last year, you're a senior as well.
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I know that junior as well. We even talked about
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that during the break, didn't we? Oh, my apologies. You're
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a junior as well, but you were injured last year.
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What is motivating you this year beyond just maybe that
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injury to be able to overcome what you had to
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go through last year and find the kind of success
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that you expect out of yourself?
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What's motivating me is I want to go to state
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again because we went our freshman year and nobody thought
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we were going to make it because this is the
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first time heart girls had ever made it to state.
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So I just want to have that success again.
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Didn't get there last year either, did you? Yeah, because
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I was injured.
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Because you were injured, she says humbly. But I'm going
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to tell me a little bit about Julia. What is
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it that makes her such a great athlete or even
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just a great individual?
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Yeah, I mean, great, great work ethic.
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I think, you know, she came off a frustrating season
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last year after a really successful freshman season. I think
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we've gotten to a point now where we have enough
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consistent days in a row where she's starting to see
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the light again. And that just affects her training and
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it affects her impact on her teammates. And, you know,
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the water rises when that happens. So I think I
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think she's in a really good place. She's plays a
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leadership role on the team and we've got a young
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team supporting her. So we're excited about the potential.
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You know, Coach James brings up an interesting point because
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sometimes the mental flip of things when you've been injured
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and then trying to make certain that the injury is
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not going to come back and hinder you as that
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is that. Ben, overcome, have you overcome that obstacle? Is
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that still a work in progress? Where are you on
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that mentally?
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I think I overcame that in track season because I kept,
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I would run workouts and I wouldn't do too great
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on them. Like sometimes I'd have to stop and I'd
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be like, is it because I'm injured? Like what's going on?
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I thought it was a mentality thing. I also, I
548
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thought I was iron deficient, but now I'm working through
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that and I'm kind of over that. So I'm seeing
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the fruit of my work.
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Good.
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Tell me about Miles.
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What is it about Miles that makes him a good athlete,
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a good individual, a good person?
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Yeah, he's just a real competitor. I mean, I think
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coming from that mountain biking world, I'd qualify them as crazy.
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But he brings that energy into the team. And he's
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kind of our secret weapon in cross country because we
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don't have him in track season. So when people look
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at our team preseason, they just think Miles has left
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the program. And then he sneaks back in the door.
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for cross country. So he's our secret weapon and he's
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just really, really good energy. I mean, he definitely sees
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our goals clearly and he's always out rallying the younger
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guys around the goals and being a good example. He's
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just a really good cheerleader for the group.
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Leadership, that matters to you?
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Yeah, I mean, I just try to do what I do,
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I guess.
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Did you have like a mentor, another, when you were
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coming up, with the Hawks? Did you have a mentor
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or another senior leader or whatever it might've been that
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you thought this guy really helped me a lot.
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I want to be like him or the younger ones.
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Yeah.
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I mean, there was kind of a group of guys, actually,
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there were probably five guys that were all just part of,
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we had a really good group before us that was
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definitely able to help out with that. They were great
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role models and that was a fun team to be
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a part of too.
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And that's part of the culture that as a coach
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you're trying to create, right? Yeah, that's right.
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I mean, I can talk all day long, but the
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real influence is the peers. And so having groups like
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that bring in the next class, the next class is
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always faster than the one before. And it's because of
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the example that these guys set. And we've got a
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young girls team. We've got one senior, I think, in
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the group.
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And it's not you. It's not you. But they're on
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the same path.
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You've got good leadership at the front and they're inspiring
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the younger. And that's I mean, that's really how.
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You build a culture.
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It's all about the athletes.
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I I'm really curious about something and only you guys
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can answer it. And maybe you can answer this, but
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I think it's I really want to direct it towards you.
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And so, Miles, I want you to answer this first.
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When you're in a race, it's a 5K race. College
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levels are 6Ks, 8Ks. You're you're pushing yourself the first
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two thirds of that or so. So let's say two
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and a half miles that you're into it. you're exhausted,
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you're tired, your body's screaming at you, your lungs are burning.
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And you're, you know, it's just a lot of pain.
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How is it that you can mentally flip a switch
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to try to not only continue to push through that pain,
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but then also maybe even push even harder, go even faster?
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How does that work mentally for you?
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I think something that helps for me is you try
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to sort of disconnect your and what you're doing in
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the moment from like the end goal. And so I'm
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of the mind that like, it doesn't really matter how
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bad it hurts in the last bit of a race
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because you're going to regret it if you don't go
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all in. So yeah.
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And it's interesting because a lot of people, and Julia,
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I want you to answer kind of the same question,
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but a lot of people will be, you know, they'll
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be running and then they start to get tired and
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they're like, oh, I think I want to stop. I'm
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going to quit or I'm going to walk for a
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little bit. And you really, you guys don't do that.
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That is not something that you do. And so it's
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that mentality that is different with athletes like you guys.
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What is it for you, Julia, that happens that enables
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you to push through that difficulty and and be able
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to finish as strong as you possibly can.
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I mean, I had this coach when I was... Because
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I ran since fourth grade. But I had this coach,
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and he'd always say, after I wasn't too happy about
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my race, he'd be like, pain is temporary, but glory
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is forever. Because let's say I slowed down at the end.
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Some people do, you know, you can't find the fight
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that day. He would just say, pain is temporary, but
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glory is forever. So whenever I'm like, I really want
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to quit, it's the last... 800 of the race. I'm
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just like, no, I need to push through because I
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want to be successful in this moment. I need this.
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I want this. Like who wants it the most? And
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I always tell myself I want it the most.
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Good life lessons. Yeah. Right.
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Yeah.
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We've done a lot of work around this mental training
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in the past couple of years. There's a lot of
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great information out there now around this, but it's really
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about kind of keeping a loose race plan so you're
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not holding yourself up against some rigid goal that if
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it goes sideways, everything falls apart. And in addition to that,
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it's really about process like what am i doing in
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this moment don't think about the end result don't think
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about the weather it's very hard that's what we're training
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is how do you let go of all the things
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that are outside of your control and focus just on
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the things you control you can work on that but
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that's hard if that voice in your head is loud it.
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Can be very loud stop quit it's okay it's okay
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but no.
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Maybe not yeah we also we visualize a little bit
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before races as well to practice that but it's all
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about having a uh a task in mind so that
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when things start to get difficult, you can just refocus
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on the task and try to get your mind off
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of the things that are painful or out of your control.
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Darren James, Julie Redwine, Miles Pronte, Hart Hawks Cross Country,
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looking for the four-peat, I guess, for a league title
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and return to state and get back to state for
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the girls' side. after a two-year absence. So thank you
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very much for being with us, and good luck the
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rest of this season.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Thank you, yeah.
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And that's going to do it for us today on
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the Sports Buzz. Remember, we're always here trying to get
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you updated on sports happening in Santa Clarita.
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We'll see you again next time.
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Well, hi again, everybody. Thanks for joining us here in
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the Sports Buzz. I'm Dave Caldwell.
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And on today's show, we've got the Masters men's soccer
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team undefeated over their last four games. We're going to
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have the head coach, Jim Rickard, Trent Rickard, our All-American
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and Conference Player of the Year. Peyton Gorans will be here,
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both of those guys captains. Then we're going to be
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joined by the Heart Hawks cross-country team. Head coach Darren
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James is going to be bringing in Miles Pronte from
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the boys' side and Julia Redwine from the girls' side,
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looking to see if.
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They can for Pete on the year.
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But we're going to start with high school football as
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this past Friday was the final non-league games played. So
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the second and perhaps the most important part of the
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season is about to get underway. Defending league champion Valencia
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opened up an early lead and were able to maintain
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it in a 49-40 win over the Paraclete Spirits. Nico
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Funes ran for 222 yards and four touchdowns to pave
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the Vikings' attack. The Vikings enter Foothill League play with
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a 19-game win streak. Saugus moved to 3-1 on this
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season with a dominating 55-7 win over the Wanimi Vikings.
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The Centurions continue to rotate between junior Braden Connolly and
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freshman Zach Barnes at quarterback. Connolly went 6-9, 138 yards
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and a pair of scores, while Barnes went 6-8 for
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92 yards and also a couple of touchdowns. The Hardhawks
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bounced back from their loss to Pacifica with a convincing
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49-14 win over Heritage Christian.
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All of their points were scored in.
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The first half with five touchdowns alone in the second quarter.
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Golden Valley led 15-7 going into the fourth quarter, but
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15 unanswered Bulldog points in the final 12 minutes gave
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Burbank the 22-15 win.
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The Grizzlies fall to 2-2 in non-league action.
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In other scores, Park handed Castaic their second loss in
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as many weeks, winning 45-21. Moorpark took care of the
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West Ranch Wildcats by 41 points, and Canyon got shut
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out by the Crespi Celts. Santa Clarita Christian also couldn't
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get away from laying the goose egg against Sage Hill.
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Trinity did not play.
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In community college football, COC traveled a number two-ranked Riverside
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City College, but they may have wished they hadn't as
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the Tigers had their way with the Cougars this 64-10.
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So here's how the Foothill League football schedule will play
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out this week. Friday, Castaic will be at Valencia to
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open up league. Saugus at Golden Valley Canyon at West Ranch.
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Hart will not be playing this week. And then on Saturday,
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it's the Faith Bowl. Santa Clarita Christian taking on Trinity
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at 6 o'clock. And for College of the Canyons, they're
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going to be traveling to Pasadena City College.
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That game also starting at 6 o'clock. Well, we're going
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to take a quick break.
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Welcome back inside the studio for the Sports Buzz. Masters
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Man Soccer has been in existence since 1970.
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And in that time, 556 wins.
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I believe that's eighth most in NAIA history. And so
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I thought, well, we've got to bring the guys in
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from Masters Soccer. And so joining us today, the head coach,
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Jim Rickard, who's been here since about that time.
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Yeah.
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Maybe a little less. Trent Rickard and Peyton Gorans.
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Guys, thanks very much for being here.
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With us today.
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Thanks for having us. Thank you.
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Jim, you have been the head coach for a long time.
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36 seasons.
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Yes, sir.
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You've been the head coach.
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Before that, you were assistant coach for a couple of years.
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And then even before that, a player at Masters, an
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All-American during that time. You're the 10th winningest coach all
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time in NAIA men's soccer history. Second active, second most
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active coach. I'm just going to give you all these accolades.
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But here's what I want to know.
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What is it about this program, this school, that makes
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you want to devote so much of yourself to it?
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Well, as a player, I fell in love with my
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teammates and what the university stands for. And I didn't
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plan on being the head coach, uh, the accounting major,
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get my CPA, my coach left. They gave me the opportunity. Um,
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I just love the guys I played with. And once
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you recruit people and you spend time with people to
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break that, I didn't go into it to sort of
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move around or move up. I went because I love
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the university, what they stood for and my teammates and
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which eventually turned into my players. Um, I was just
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talking about one of my former teammates from 94. He's
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my best friend and they sent somebody, he sent somebody
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from the church to come. So I have just a
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history of, of love for my teammates and the players
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and seeing them now having kids and sending, I mean,
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I've had plenty of kids play for me with their
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dads played for me.
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I just, I just can't imagine when I have to
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break that cycle, which is some point I will. I'm
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getting older.
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But you're not that old.
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You're not that old. Not in the coaching world.
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You've got a long way to go.
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You can do this for a long time. This year,
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you're doing well.
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2-2-2 overall. But you have not lost in the last
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four games. You've had a win, a couple of ties,
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another win. And that win on Friday against La Sierra,
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the defending conference champions, was huge. How big of a
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win is that for you? And does that set you
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up for the rest of the way this season?
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So, I mean, we marked out on our calendar from
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last year, we had an unfortunate loss at their place
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last year. Um, felt like we had some, uh, retaliation
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and retribution and revolution that we wanted to be involved
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in with them. And, uh, we were really excited to
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be able to score some goals and get up to
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a four lead and play some extra people and just
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really take care of business. And it was definitely a, um,
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a stamp. for the rest of the conference to see
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that and go, boy, you know, his master's legit.
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after a tough go, your freshman year, we'll get to
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that all American two years ago, you join your dad,
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only eight players have ever been an all American. And
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the two records have both made that.
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We actually have more all Americans, but they don't, they
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don't leave on the website, the honorable.
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Mention, all Americans. It's just first, second, and third team.
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but some years there were a lot. But as far
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as a first, second, or third team, which is a
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really exclusive group to get into and really tough, yeah,
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we've both had the privilege of being honored in that way.
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That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool.
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Hart High School graduate as well, all CIF there. Three-time All-League, four-year?
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What was it, three or four?
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It was three, yeah.
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Three, sorry.
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But a three-time All-League. You joined your dad at Master's.
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But I've got to bring it up because it was incredible.
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Your first game, if I remember right, you had that
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devastating injury. And it was an injury that was one
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that really threatened, honestly, it threatened your playing time, the
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rest of your career.
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You could have been put on the shelf after that.
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Yet then you work your way back for that entire season.
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the year. You're an All-American player. Can you somehow relate
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to me the determination and motivation that you had to
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be able to work your way back from that injury
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that would have just absolutely wiped out anybody else except
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for you? What was it about you that was so
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determined to get you back?
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sitting out, obviously you're super passionate to come back and
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you want to do everything you can to come back better.
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what set that apart for me was I always talk
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about how I was in the hospital for 11 days
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and like looking back, I feel like that should have
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been super hard, but it wasn't because people were super
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gracious to me and loving. And I would have people
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that I didn't think were that close to me. They
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would come and sit with me for three, four hours
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and just talk and like literally every day. And if
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I wasn't with people, I was on the phone with people.
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was enough to be, super motivating and the days you're
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not motivated, it drives your discipline that you don't want
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to just do it for yourself, but you want to
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do it for those people. And I had so many
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people telling me like, it's hard to recover from this,
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but it's possible. So like be the one, be the
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one that is different. So having that in the back
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of your mind, it's not just you motivating yourself, but
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it's all these other people. And I mean, yeah, I'm
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just gracious to God that I was able to get
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through that. And yeah.
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11 days in the hospital. That was the initial run, though.
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that time.
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had to go back in in the springtime. Were you
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beginning to think at that point, oh, I don't know.
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just because, but he can attest, the doctors in fall
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were a little bit weird about coming back. We'd one
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guy say, like, basically, you won't be able to play
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again or you won't be the same, all this stuff.
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And then he softened up because he found out we
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were offended. But when I started coming back, I had like,
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it's technical, but I had a skin graft. So there
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was just some funky stuff going on. And like I
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would run, I'd feel okay. And then out of nowhere,
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sometimes I'd just give out or just wouldn't like fire properly.
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was purely just cosmetic to get rid of the skin graft.
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Internal stuff too.
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just cosmetic, but ended up being, I think the key
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to coming back.
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Um, but I mean, one, one it's coach player relationship,
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but two bottom line father, son relationship.
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Well, I've been looking forward to him playing for me
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since he was five years old and it was, you know,
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finally there. And really the first game thinking, oh, it's
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just a Charlie horse. You know, it turned into being
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as dramatic as he may lose his leg, you know.
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That was a tough, tough year.
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Peyton, you're in your fourth year with the Masters after
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coming over from UC Davis. You've started all but one
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game in the last two plus seasons, sophomore year, junior year.
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You were one of only two.
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Guys to start every single game last year. Only people
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like me figure that kind of stuff out.
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No one else.
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What was it that drew you to Masters? And why
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is it that you've been staying through these four years?
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Yeah, I think the primary thing that comes to mind
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that defines my time at Masters has just been community
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and just the care that a coach puts into everything
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that he does and how he coaches us as players.
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He treats us as more than just soccer players. He
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treats us as human beings. And that comes from the
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faith that the university has, but also just the culture
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that he's cultivated and the culture that all the guys
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in the locker room buy into. So I go to
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practice every day knowing that whether I have a good
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day or I have a bad day, it's not going
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to change coach's perception of me or any of the
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other guys' perception of me. And that just is really
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freeing as a player to go out there and just
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be yourself and both as a person, as a player,
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and try new things, and it doesn't work out, then
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you shake it off, guys come alongside you, pick you up,
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build you up, and come back stronger the next day.
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That was something that I didn't really experience in my
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previous university and previous soccer experiences, and that was something
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that Coach really conveyed when I expressed interest in coming over,
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and that's ultimately what led me here, and something that
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I've really enjoyed the last four years.
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You mentioned the culture that Coach Rickard has created. Can
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you define what that culture is? That might be hard
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to do, but can you kind of give us a
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sense of what that's like?
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every year, just depending on the personnel we have. Certainly
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this year, we believe we have the pieces to be
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a really great team, to go really far and really
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challenge for championships. So our theme this year is press
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on and overcome adversity and just keep sticking with the process, learning, adapting,
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taking the challenges head on and figuring out what works
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and what doesn't. And then just building each other up
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through that. So I would say that's definitely our goal
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this year is to be guys who are adapting to
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the circumstances and really just pushing forward to achieve the
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ultimate prize. And I think that's kind of the culture
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we've foundationally had the last four years, at least the
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years I've been here, has just been building each other
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up and pushing on and striving to achieve the goals
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of the team and the ultimate goal that the university
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gives us with our faith.
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He's been with the program for four years.
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What is it that you've liked about Peyton Gorins during
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those four years?
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guys want me to play him in goal because he's
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played every single position except goalkeeper. And having that willingness
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and that ability, which means you've got a high soccer IQ,
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you've got the ability to understand, and he does them well.
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It's not just, let's throw Peyton here. He's the first
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guy we think of when maybe we're down in numbers
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or something happens and we can't sub. He's literally played
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every single position except goalkeeping. And that's a special trait.
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You know, versatility is one of the top things I
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look for when I'm recruiting. If you're not a very
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position-specific player, like a goalkeeper, maybe a nine, a left back,
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you need to be versatile.
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You got to be.
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Able to play everywhere. And it's easier said than done.
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And he's done a great job. And he's not only able,
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he's willing to Some people aren't willing because they think
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they won't do as well there. That means you're a
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team player. And a team player is a leader. That's
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why he's been a captain the last two years. When
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you're willing to sacrifice for the team, maybe you're sacrificing
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goals or maybe you're sacrificing where you think you're the best.
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Those are leadership qualities. And that's one of the reasons
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why he's been a captain. Both these guys have been
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captains the last two years because of the qualities that
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they have.
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I'm curious from you guys' perspective. I'm going to start
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with you, Trent. Forget about the dad part of this, coach.
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This is what we want to focus on. The last
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few years, Masters has tended to be picked mid-pack preseason
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to finish in the Great Southwest Athletic Conference. And yet
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two of the last three years, this team has made
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it to the conference tournament championship game. This year, picked
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in the lower half. I'm sure that's kind of motivational,
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but here's my question. What is it about Coach Rickard?
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You talked a little bit about the culture that he's created,
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but I'm really curious about what it is about Coach
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Rickard and the rest of the coaches at Masters that
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helps you elevate your game to another level that tends
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to overachieve what everyone thinks this team is.
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Capable of doing.
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I think what Peyton said is very true. First of all,
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he definitely brings the best out of us. Because he
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doesn't just treat us as players. And like he said,
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his love for us isn't determined on if we have
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a good game or good practice.
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It's more than that.
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So always having that built-in confidence is huge. And I
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think any athlete can attest that when you play the
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best is when you're confident. And that starts with confidence
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from others. And that builds into yourself. So having that
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confidence from him is super, super helpful. And I mean,
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I think also on top of that, he's tactically very strong.
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And like an example is Last year, two years ago,
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the year we went to the conference final, we started
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off 0-4, I think, counting games. We were like 0-6
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with scrimmages too. And we had a good team, but
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it just wasn't clicking. And he made this tactical change
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where he wanted us to be super compact, all this stuff.
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And we went unbeaten in the next nine games or
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eight games. I mean, obviously we were playing good too,
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but because of that tactical change. So his experience and
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determination to make things work is something I've admired and
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apart from him being my dad, that's one of the
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reasons I wanted to play for him is he can
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adapt at halftime or before the game and make things
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really special.
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So it's fun.
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That adaptation, something that you like as well?
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Absolutely. Yeah, he stole my answer. But thinking back to it,
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there's been very few tactical moves that coaches implemented, whether
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before a game or at halftime, that I felt like
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didn't work out. I feel like He's just got a
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great understanding of the game. And whenever he tells us, hey,
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let's try this. Let's move to this formation. Let's counteract
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them this way. It usually works out really, really well.
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Trent brought up two years ago where we started out
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0-6 in preseason. And in the starting conference, we went 8-0.
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Yeah.
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Seven and one, something like that. We just had a
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great unbeaten run to begin conference. And even the year
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before that, we qualified for playoffs in like the fifth
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seed or fourth seed. So we weren't even really high.
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And then we ended up making conference finals again, knocking
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out the number one seed in the semifinals. I think
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that coach just, like I said earlier, just builds a
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culture of, just ferocity and adaptation and the ability to
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just press on and overcome challenges where even if we're
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not picked to be the best or we're not even
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playing the best current, like in the current situation, he's
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going to find ways to kind of get the best
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out of us and motivate us to be our best
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and to overcome any challenge that comes to us. And
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I think that just gives us a lot of confidence
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no matter where we end up at the end of
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the season. If we're in playoffs, we feel confident that
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we're going to get to the championship. We're going to
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get far. And I think that just comes from the
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culture and the IQ.
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Jim Rickard, Trent Rickard, and Peyton Gorans, all with Masters
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Men's Soccer.
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It's a great season going so far. You're 2-2-2. Great stuff.
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Great games. Really appreciate you guys coming on and talking
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a little bit about the team this year.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Of course. Well, we're going to step aside.
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When we return, it's going to be the Hart-Hawks cross-country team,
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both the boys and the girls.
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And Head Coach Darren James will join us. So stay
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with us. What's a better idea for health care?
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What if the key to peak performance was having a
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team that works together?
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For your physical health, mental health, whole body health.
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That's integrated care from Kaiser Permanente, a better idea for
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health care. Well, the Heart Hawks are coming off back
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to back to back cross country championships on the boys side.
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That's three years.
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In a row that the team has been champions of
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the Foothill League. And last year was just an incredible
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record breaking season. So I had to have back I
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bring everyone back. Darren James, the head coach for the
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cross-country team with Hart High School. Miles Pronte is in
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the room as well. And Julia Redwine, thank you all
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very much for being with us today.
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Thank you. You bet.
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Okay, so like I said, the Hart Hawks are coming
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off that great year last year. You not only won league,
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but you went to Woodward Park up in Fresno. You
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finished fourth in Division II, eighth overall. You broke the
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team's time record.
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Yep.
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At state as well, which was very impressive. What a
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long history. 1946 is when the school was created. So
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it's a long history. And to get that kind of
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success was phenomenal. And yet this year you're returning five
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of the seven runners that you had run at state.
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Can you repeat the kind of success that you had
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last year, Darren?
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Yeah, you're right.
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We're fortunate to return five of the top seven from
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last year. Four of them are just our seniors this year.
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So really hitting the peak in their careers. Josh Jimenez,
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who was a number five, was a sophomore last year.
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So one more year of strength under his belt. And
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we've built a team of about 17 sophomore guys or
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junior and sophomore guys around him to really chase after
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our six and seven spots to support us this year.
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So we feel really, really confident that we're in a
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good position to, at the very least, repeat what we
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did last year.
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And the girls are even going to be stronger than
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they were last year as well.
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Yeah, the girls have had a really great summer of training.
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And we just had a meet a couple of weeks ago.
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Both the boys and the girls ran in an elite
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night section of the meet. The boys finished seventh and
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the girls finished sixth. So it's fun to have both
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programs really running at an elite level. We're also going
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into Woodbridge Invitational this weekend where both teams will run
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in the elite showdown race.
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So, Very exciting time. And you said teams from 14 states.
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That kind of gives you an idea of what this
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one's about coming up this weekend.
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Yeah, it's a little bit of a preview of what
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the state meet teams might look like later on. So, yeah,
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it's best teams in the state. And so it's a
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privilege for both of our programs to be there.
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What are the strengths of both of the teams?
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Our strength is always the consistency in our work. We
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talk about consistency a lot. But what's gotten us to
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this position is both on the boys and the girls side,
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great consistency in lifestyle, great consistency in execution at practice.
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Our upperclassmen really set an amazing example for our younger grades.
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And every year we get a new class and they're
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faster than the previous class that we had. And it's
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all based on these kids and the consistency that they demonstrate.
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That's why we are where we are today.
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All right, well, I want to bring in Julia and
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Myles into the conversation. And I'll start with you, Julia.
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I'm going to ask the same question to you, Myles.
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But what was it about cross country that was attractive
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to you? What was it that drew you to come
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participate in cross country?
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Well, my mom ran in high school and she thought
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it might be fun for me. And when I started running,
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I used to do gymnastics and I was like, I
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like this so much more than gymnastics because I'm meeting
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all these cool people and I get to really push
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myself every day and like see my limits.
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Miles, what about you? What was it that attracted you
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to cross country?
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Well, I initially started out as a cyclist, so another
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aerobic sport. So that was just kind of the stepping stone,
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just kind of the, I guess, just the path from
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one aerobic sport to another. And then, yeah, I guess
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I just joined the team freshman year, and it's been
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great ever since. Lots of friends, fun program.
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You're a senior now. You finished sixth in the league
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championships last year. I'm assuming your goal is going to
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be get above that. And that's the thing that is
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great about cross-country is that personal records becomes.
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A big deal throughout the entire team.
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What is it that is so motivating about this team
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that allows you guys to push beyond even what you
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may be expecting out of yourself?
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Yeah, I think we just... have a lot of really
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high goals. I think we're capable of doing some really
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big things. So that's definitely a motivating factor for wanting
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to get better. It's because I think we can really
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compete at a national level.
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Julie, I know that last year, you're a senior as well.
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I know that junior as well. We even talked about
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that during the break, didn't we? Oh, my apologies. You're
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a junior as well, but you were injured last year.
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What is motivating you this year beyond just maybe that
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injury to be able to overcome what you had to
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go through last year and find the kind of success
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that you expect out of yourself?
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What's motivating me is I want to go to state
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again because we went our freshman year and nobody thought
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we were going to make it because this is the
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first time heart girls had ever made it to state.
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So I just want to have that success again.
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Didn't get there last year either, did you? Yeah, because
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I was injured.
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Because you were injured, she says humbly. But I'm going
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to tell me a little bit about Julia. What is
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it that makes her such a great athlete or even
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just a great individual?
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Yeah, I mean, great, great work ethic.
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I think, you know, she came off a frustrating season
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last year after a really successful freshman season. I think
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we've gotten to a point now where we have enough
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consistent days in a row where she's starting to see
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the light again. And that just affects her training and
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it affects her impact on her teammates. And, you know,
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the water rises when that happens. So I think I
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think she's in a really good place. She's plays a
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leadership role on the team and we've got a young
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team supporting her. So we're excited about the potential.
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You know, Coach James brings up an interesting point because
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sometimes the mental flip of things when you've been injured
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and then trying to make certain that the injury is
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not going to come back and hinder you as that
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is that. Ben, overcome, have you overcome that obstacle? Is
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that still a work in progress? Where are you on
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that mentally?
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I think I overcame that in track season because I kept,
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I would run workouts and I wouldn't do too great
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on them. Like sometimes I'd have to stop and I'd
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be like, is it because I'm injured? Like what's going on?
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I thought it was a mentality thing. I also, I
548
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thought I was iron deficient, but now I'm working through
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that and I'm kind of over that. So I'm seeing
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the fruit of my work.
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Good.
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Tell me about Miles.
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What is it about Miles that makes him a good athlete,
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a good individual, a good person?
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Yeah, he's just a real competitor. I mean, I think
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coming from that mountain biking world, I'd qualify them as crazy.
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But he brings that energy into the team. And he's
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kind of our secret weapon in cross country because we
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don't have him in track season. So when people look
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at our team preseason, they just think Miles has left
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the program. And then he sneaks back in the door.
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for cross country. So he's our secret weapon and he's
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just really, really good energy. I mean, he definitely sees
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our goals clearly and he's always out rallying the younger
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guys around the goals and being a good example. He's
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just a really good cheerleader for the group.
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Leadership, that matters to you?
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Yeah, I mean, I just try to do what I do,
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I guess.
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Did you have like a mentor, another, when you were
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coming up, with the Hawks? Did you have a mentor
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or another senior leader or whatever it might've been that
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you thought this guy really helped me a lot.
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I want to be like him or the younger ones.
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Yeah.
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I mean, there was kind of a group of guys, actually,
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there were probably five guys that were all just part of,
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we had a really good group before us that was
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definitely able to help out with that. They were great
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role models and that was a fun team to be
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a part of too.
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And that's part of the culture that as a coach
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you're trying to create, right? Yeah, that's right.
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I mean, I can talk all day long, but the
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real influence is the peers. And so having groups like
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that bring in the next class, the next class is
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always faster than the one before. And it's because of
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the example that these guys set. And we've got a
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young girls team. We've got one senior, I think, in
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the group.
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And it's not you. It's not you. But they're on
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the same path.
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You've got good leadership at the front and they're inspiring
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the younger. And that's I mean, that's really how.
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You build a culture.
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It's all about the athletes.
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I I'm really curious about something and only you guys
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can answer it. And maybe you can answer this, but
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I think it's I really want to direct it towards you.
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And so, Miles, I want you to answer this first.
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When you're in a race, it's a 5K race. College
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levels are 6Ks, 8Ks. You're you're pushing yourself the first
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two thirds of that or so. So let's say two
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and a half miles that you're into it. you're exhausted,
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you're tired, your body's screaming at you, your lungs are burning.
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And you're, you know, it's just a lot of pain.
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How is it that you can mentally flip a switch
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to try to not only continue to push through that pain,
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but then also maybe even push even harder, go even faster?
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How does that work mentally for you?
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I think something that helps for me is you try
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to sort of disconnect your and what you're doing in
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the moment from like the end goal. And so I'm
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of the mind that like, it doesn't really matter how
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bad it hurts in the last bit of a race
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because you're going to regret it if you don't go
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all in. So yeah.
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And it's interesting because a lot of people, and Julia,
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I want you to answer kind of the same question,
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but a lot of people will be, you know, they'll
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be running and then they start to get tired and
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they're like, oh, I think I want to stop. I'm
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going to quit or I'm going to walk for a
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little bit. And you really, you guys don't do that.
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That is not something that you do. And so it's
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that mentality that is different with athletes like you guys.
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What is it for you, Julia, that happens that enables
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you to push through that difficulty and and be able
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to finish as strong as you possibly can.
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I mean, I had this coach when I was... Because
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I ran since fourth grade. But I had this coach,
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and he'd always say, after I wasn't too happy about
633
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my race, he'd be like, pain is temporary, but glory
634
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is forever. Because let's say I slowed down at the end.
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Some people do, you know, you can't find the fight
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that day. He would just say, pain is temporary, but
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glory is forever. So whenever I'm like, I really want
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to quit, it's the last... 800 of the race. I'm
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just like, no, I need to push through because I
640
00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:03.309
want to be successful in this moment. I need this.
641
00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:05.869
I want this. Like who wants it the most? And
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I always tell myself I want it the most.
643
00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.980
Good life lessons. Yeah. Right.
644
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Yeah.
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We've done a lot of work around this mental training
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in the past couple of years. There's a lot of
647
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great information out there now around this, but it's really
648
00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.660
about kind of keeping a loose race plan so you're
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not holding yourself up against some rigid goal that if
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it goes sideways, everything falls apart. And in addition to that,
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it's really about process like what am i doing in
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this moment don't think about the end result don't think
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about the weather it's very hard that's what we're training
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00:31:41.549 --> 00:31:44.019
is how do you let go of all the things
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that are outside of your control and focus just on
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the things you control you can work on that but
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that's hard if that voice in your head is loud it.
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Can be very loud stop quit it's okay it's okay
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but no.
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Maybe not yeah we also we visualize a little bit
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before races as well to practice that but it's all
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about having a uh a task in mind so that
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when things start to get difficult, you can just refocus
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on the task and try to get your mind off
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of the things that are painful or out of your control.
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Darren James, Julie Redwine, Miles Pronte, Hart Hawks Cross Country,
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looking for the four-peat, I guess, for a league title
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and return to state and get back to state for
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the girls' side. after a two-year absence. So thank you
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very much for being with us, and good luck the
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rest of this season.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Thank you, yeah.
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And that's going to do it for us today on
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the Sports Buzz. Remember, we're always here trying to get
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you updated on sports happening in Santa Clarita.
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