Three years into the Tri-County Athletic League and Alvarez is still looking for its first league win in girls basketball. If you're counting, that 26 straight losses.
What is a program doing in an elite league when they couldn't win prior to that? It's been eight years since the Eagles had a winning record — 10 years since they won their only league title.
In its first two TCAL games, Alvarez was beaten by 67 and 52 points. Among its 11 losses have been debacles by 49, 34, 35, 28 and 23 points.
Blame can be pointed in all directions. A stubborn administration. Questionable coaching. A lack of commitment. You don't turn this around without everyone on the same page.
Based on some of your emails, that's not happening this year.
John Devine has been writing about high school sports in Monterey County since, well, practically since he was an athlete at King City in the days just after leather helmets. In PrepNation, John has even more in-depth analysis of the latest results and news he's brought to you in The Herald and in his weekly videos.
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I'm sure there is an intersting story waiting to be investigated and written as to why some schools (Alvarez and Soledad, to name two) consistently have such bad records in sports. Here are two schools with relatively large student bodies that can't seem to field teams (in a variety of sports) with winning records. And it is not like they have some significant demographic differences that make it harder for them to field winning teams than other schools. Is it the administration? Is it coaching? Are the student athletes more apathetic at some schools (and why)? What will it take for these schools to field competitive teams? And why are parents at these schools not asking these questions?
Sports teach so many terrific values. Who wouldn't want to see their child on a team rather than in a gang? If I am Mayor of Salinas or Soledad, I'd be asking the schools' adminstration why they weren't doing a better job of providing their students with teams they are proud to play on or support.
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