The biggest difference in Doherty's gym as the 2013 volleyball season opens? It's not the new championship banner watching over practice. It's all the new faces.
This year, there are 29 “zero week” games scheduled, including Valor Christian’s nationally televised game (ESPN2) against Fresno, Calif., Central East High School in Highlands Ranch.
History is palpable at Denver East, perhaps like no other high school in Colorado. From the alumni to the school's athletic successes, the tradition creates an expectation of excellence.
Rules are often viewed as roadblocks for our ultimate goals, whether in life or in high school athletics. But rules are critical to the moral structure in our everyday life, and even more formative to our children in those sports and activities they play.
In the modern day reality, coaches are held in higher esteem than many other leaders of society. Whether this is earned or anointed, it makes little difference, because coaches truly have to be, are expected to be, leaders.
