Check out Abel Navarrette's highlights
This week's edition of The High School Highlight takes us to St. Mary's High School, home of the Knights. The school is rich with football tradition and is coached by one of it's former players, Marcel Lopez. Our focus is on 16 year old Abel Navarrette.
The Knights are coming off a 7-4 record last year, which included a playoff berth. This season the team is currently 1-0 after a 31-14 win over Gilbert in week zero.
One of the guys on last years playoff team who is poised to take his team back to the playoffs is junior Abel Navarrette. He is a middle linebacker and tight end that plays just about every snap on Friday nights.
Navarrette is 6'2 235 pounds and wears jersey #5. He had 105 tackles, 44 solo, 1 sack 1 forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a sophomore. He also caught 11 passes for 118 yards and a touchdown while on offense. He wants to lead his team to state championship and one day have his number retired from the school. He also hopes to attend a university and play college football.
Navarrette has a 3.4 GPA and plans to be a physical trainer when he gets older. This is a young man that just wants to be a better person and get the most out of life.
Navarrette feels that high school sports isn't just about watching kids play the game. He knows there is a lot of sweat, time, effort and thinking that goes into sports. He says it's kind of feels like a job and he likes that because he feels his coaches are preparing him for the real world and he really respects that.
St. Mary's tradition is like no other's. Navarrette says the Knights pride themselves in tradition. They are 9 time state champions and he says that's in part of the school, coaches, parents, alumni and of coarse the student body.
Navarrette talked about a quote that has stuck with him ever since his freshman year. "We may not be the biggest, but we have a firm conviction that we can be the best".
He also says it's an honor to wear the green and white of St. Mary's High School.
Navarrette is another prime example of the many very intelligent and hard working young men that play high school football.
Another tradition at St. Mary's is the gold pants. Anytime the Knights make the playoffs they wear gold pants. With young men as talented as Navarrette there is no reason they shouldn't be wearing gold again this year.
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