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Esigabeni sosuku lwezindaba ezinhle, akukho okudinga ukunakwa nokudunyiswa okwedlula indaba yokubuya yango-2023.
Umqedazwe we-COVID-19 wasondela ekuqedeni Isahluko seSan Fernando Valley kwe I-National Football Foundation kanye ne-College Hall of Fameiqembu elihlonipha abasubathi abayizifundiswa abaphuma phambili esikoleni ngasinye samabanga aphezulu njalo ngonyaka ngedili nokuqashelwa impumelelo yabo.
Esokugcina senzeka ngo-2019.
“Kusibulele,” kusho usihlalo uJim Lufthal.
Ubulungu baleli qembu behle bafinyelela kubantu abayisithupha kwaze kwaphela iminyaka emithathu kungabi namadili.
Ngena umqeqeshi webhola weSimi Valley High uJim Benkert, osephenduke umongameli wale nhlangano. Abasubathi bezazi bango-2022 bathola idili labo ngoMsombuluko ebusuku endaweni yokudlela yase-Odyssey eGranada Hills, kukhona owayeyinkanyezi yaseSan Fernando High kanye nesihlabani se-USC u-Anthony Davis phakathi kwezikhulumi.
Wonke amadili anikeza ukuqonda kubaholi bomphakathi bakusasa. Laba badlali bahamba phambili ngokwezemfundo, ezokusubatha nobuholi.
Thatha isibonelo sika-Taft linebacker u-Caden Cowles, onesilinganiso samaphuzu angu-4.5 futhi oyibhande elimnyama e-Taekwondo.
“Wayengumqeqeshi we-cliche enkundleni,” kusho owayengumqeqeshi we-Taft uJeff Kearin. “Ngizosebenzela leyo ngane ngelinye ilanga.”
Unjiniyela we-aerospace onezincwadi zokwamukela izifundo ezivela e-USC, Florida Tech kanye nePurdue, uCowles uthe ukudlala ibhola kwamfundisa izifundo ezibalulekile.
“Ngangingukaputeni iminyaka emibili,” esho. “Kungisizile ukwakha ukuzethemba okukhulu. Kungifundise ukuthi ngingayeki, ngihlale ngizama kakhudlwana, ngihlale ngizama ukuthuthukisa, ngizenze ngcono, ngenze ukuhlolwa kube ngcono. Wakha ubudlelwano. Kufana nokwakha umndeni.”
U-Cowles ubeyi-Boy Scout osenesikhathi eside okwadingeka ayeke ukuzama ukuba yi-Eagle Scout ngemuva kokuphazamiseka kwe-COVID-19, kodwa yena nabanye abadlali abangu-41 abazohlonishwa bangaduduzeka ngokuthi kufanele baphinde baqhubeke nezinsuku zabo zebhola, bahlangabezane nokunqoba nokuhlulwa, futhi bahlala begxile ezinhlosweni zabo zezemfundo.
Phakathi kwabahlonishiwe kubalwa asebekhulile abazinikele ukuba yizingqapheli zokhetho nabaqeqeshi bentsha kuma-Special Olympics, abasebenza eMcDonald’s nanjengonompempe.
U-Josh Dixon we-Studio City Harvard-Westlake udlala ibhesi ebhendini, usebenza endaweni yokugeza izimoto zomndeni, une-GPA engu-3.9 futhi ulibangise e-UCLA ukuyodlala i-linebacker. UGabriel Argott waseGranada Hills Kennedy wayegqama egijima ebuyela emuva ngenkathi esebenza isikhathi esithile ekwakheni. Omele iBurbank Burroughs, uMarcus Manahan, ungumongameli wekilasi eliphezulu.
Kunamadili ambalwa akhiqiza odokotela abaningi bakusasa, abameli, amaphoyisa, amasosha, osomabhizinisi, othisha nabaholi bomphakathi.
Kuyakhuthaza ukuthi u-Benkert usebenzise amakhono akhe okuhlela ukusiza ukuvusa isahluko saseSan Fernando Valley futhi athole amalungu engeziwe ukuthi abe yingxenye yeqembu elibuyayo kwezinye izindawo ezizungeze i-Southern California ukuhlonipha abasubathi abakhulu abakhona ezikoleni eziningi. . Isahluko saseLos Angeles sibambe idili laso ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga eSoFi Stadium.
Njengomuntu ohambele amadili abasubathi besazi amashumi eminyaka, bengihlale ngizibuza ukuthi iyiphi indondo engase ingisindise ngelinye ilanga njengomqeqeshi wezimo eziphuthumayo noma wezokusubatha, ngibingelele emgwaqeni ukuze nginikeze usizo, ngigcine ngokundizisa indiza yokulwa ye-F-16 vikela izwe lethu, noma uthole ikhambi lomdlavuza.
Ngempela bangabenzi bomehluko.
Ngakho-ke ngicela ungihlalise eduze no-Cowles, ibhande elimnyama nomsunguli wesikhathi esizayo.
Ebuzwa ukuthi abafundi afunda nabo bayalazi yini ikhono lakhe le-Taekwondo, uCowles uthe, “Akuyona into engikhangisa ngayo. Ngiziveza ngendlela emnandi lapho kungekho muntu ongafuna ukungihlasela.”
