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Previous COVID-19 lockdowns continue to impact student athletic programs Jordan Green jgreen@beaconmedianews.com
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avid Marquez watched his twin daughters prepare to play in a showcase softball game in 2020. Looking into the stands and noticing the college recruiters made him emotional. Just a few months before, this reality didn’t seem possible. Seven months prior in March, Alyssa and Bryanna Marquez — who both play for Alverno Heights Academy’s softball program — needed to adjust to remote learning and restricted gameplay. Their softball season ended after a 5-1-1 start, and during the summer they couldn’t meet with their travel ball teams. When the fall semester arrived and they still couldn’t return to campus, the hope of a volleyball or basketball season (two sports they both play) crashed and burned. Zoom learning created a challenging atmosphere for Marquez’s girls. Although he clarified that “one’s an introvert and the other’s an extrovert,” both were very social when they were competing. Even as
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freshmen in 2019, they had already built bonds in all three sports programs. “I could tell how hard it was on them,” said Marquez, who is also the assistant
softball coach at Alverno Heights. “Even when they could play, they couldn’t even touch each other. One of my daughters is very nurturing, and she would
love to hug her teammates and celebrate after a great play. And she was having a super hard time even when she got back on the field ‘cause restrictions still
wouldn’t allow her to do that.” Yet, here they were in early December 2020, finally playing, trying to get eyes on them for the opportunity
to earn a scholarship. And even if that opportunity slipped away, both Alyssa and Bryanna See Empty Bleachers Page 8
Kevin Hart announces Monrovia restaurant location Georgia Valdes
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omedian and actor Kevin Hart announced the new Harthouse restaurant location in an Oct.5 Instagram video, ¨We're getting an amazing response people are loving our food, loving our product. So with that being said,
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I'm gonna give you more Monrovia California.¨ As of this publication, a date has yet to be announced for the opening.Harthouse’s second location will be at 602 W. Huntington Drive, an address that is accessible from the 210, the 10 and the 605
freeways. The restaurant is one of few all-vegan options for the San Gabriel Valley community offering a menu of plant-based sandwiches, salads, nuggets, fries, tots, and milkshakes. According to the company website, the product promises
no cholesterol, no antibiotics, no hormones, no artificial colors, no preservations, no corn syrup and no trans fat. Harthouse´s first location is in Westchester and is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and a third is slated to open in Hollywood.
Courtesy of HartHouse on Instagram