A plug for Pendarvis
Rarely do I plug one of my future columns. But I’m going to do it today. In the Friday Oklahoman, I’m writing about U.S. Grant girls tennis coach Billy Pendarvis and the remarkable things he’s done with that program.
Oklahoma City Public Schools are a little bit of a cause of mine. I write about them when I can. Athletics, like a lot of things in the city schools have been mistreated. Underfunded. Undersupported. Underadministered. The people who should be responsible — and maybe that includes us all — have fallen on the job.
There is a lack of pride in OKC schools. A lack of discipline, yes, but that stems from a lack of pride. Billy Pendarvis, in a small way, in the little circle of girls tennis at a south-side school, has changed that.
I think you will enjoy reading about him, and I think it’s important that we find more Billy Pendarvises. His kind is the hope for the future.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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