Basketball coach both a mentor and a role model
Published 8:27 am Friday, December 13, 2013
Dear Editor,
A letter to the editor from a former player of Tonasket basketball coach Agustin Pedregon:
Coach Pedregon: I want to start by thanking you for being my mentor, friend and a great role model. I admire and respect you tremendously for being you. You have taught me how to be a better player, but most important a better person. Thank you for always staying firm on your decisions especially when it came to discipline and hard work. Without those two things I know I would have never made it to where I am now. I know you are as humble as they come, but you need to know what a great coach you are. Once again thank you coach for being “You” and for the positive impact you continue to have in my life.
Yo Boy!
Connor Black
(now playing football at San Diego State Univ.)
About Gary DeVon
Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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