HE'S TRYING TO SEAL THE DEAL LIGONS DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL TO START TRAINING IN NAVY.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer Tom Waske, sports information director at Saginaw Valley State, received the phone call. It was a simple request, really: someone wanting to write about Aaron Ligons, a defensive back from Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Christian High. No problem, Waske said, until he checked the Cardinals roster. Ligons wasn't on it, the result of him having flunked out of school. ``Some players, you need to lead them by the hand to get them to go to class,'' Waske said, ``and with all the help, you still never can tell if he'll succeed or not. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if that was the case with Aaron.'' Meanwhile, back in Lancaster, Ligons' hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" , Mark Ligons knew but wouldn't say. Still, Mark was shocked. His son had come to him with the news he would leave Saginaw Valley State and join the Navy. This didn't just come out of left field. ``This was from another planet,'' Mark said. It didn't make sense at first. Aaron played under his father at A.V. Christian, excelling on offense and defense and setting a school record for touchdown receptions. Then he went to Division II Saginaw Valley State by way of Orange Coast College Orange Coast College (OCC), founded in 1948, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. . With the Cardinals, he played defensive back in nine of the team's 10 games (with four starts) and finished second with 47 tackles, including two for losses. He also intercepted one pass, caused one fumble and broke up eight passes. ``I was a little disappointed, but once he made his decision, I was behind him,'' Mark said. ``After the initial shock, me and my wife sat down and talked about it, and we think overall, it will be a positive.'' Aaron, who Mark said wants to be a Navy SEAL, is in basic training in Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). , Ill. and unable to be reached. Yet plenty happened in his one season in Michigan. For one, the coach who recruited him, Jerry Kill, left for Emporia Emporia (ĕmpôr`ēə), city (1990 pop. 25,512), seat of Lyon co., E central Kans., in the Flint Hills between the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers; inc. 1857. State before Ligons arrived. The new coach, Randy Awrey, differed from Kill in attitude, philosophy and outlook, and he regularly clashed with several players. Waske said one player quit mid-season and another fought openly with Awrey. Asked about Ligons, Awrey said, ``I think you'd better write a different article.'' Ligons also hates losing, and Saginaw Valley did plenty of that. In Ligons' senior year, AV Christian's football team went 13-0, and the basketball team was 25-0. Saginaw Valley went 4-6, 4-5 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (or GLIAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. . Mark Ligons said his son is happy now, and all of that football discipline has paid off. When Aaron calls his family on Sunday mornings Sunday Morning may refer to:
``He said physical training is a breeze,'' Mark said. ``It's the mental toughness and I think he can do that.'' Plus, the father said, his son thrives on discipline. ``He's happy with someone telling him what to do,'' he said. ``Comes a time when we all have to say, `It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to move on.' '' |
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