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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Max Gordon
Max Gordon, 16, is a
junior who plays receiver
and cornerback for Malibu
Sharks football.
How did you first get
into football?
Well, when I was younger
my favorite movie was
“Air Bud” and the way he
played so many sports got
me amped up to try a new
one. One of those ended up
being football.
What do you like best
about playing now?
I love the way our team
plays as brothers out on
the field and the hype that
comes after a great play.
In what area would
you say you’ve
improved most from
last season?
My tackling ability has
definitely improved the
most.
What are your
expectations for this
year as a team?
I believe if we keep playing
like we have been, we
can go undefeated.
What do you like about
going to school in
Malibu?
I love how everybody
knows everybody and obviously
the weather.
Your teammate Louie
Thrall told me that you
have the best nickname
on the team: “Flash.”
How did you get it?
My coaches gave it to me
my freshman year for my
speed and for having the
same last name as the infamous
Jets quarterback and
savior of the world Flash
Gordon.
Where in the world
would you most want
to travel?
Probably Bora Bora
because of the insane
beaches.
Do you have any
pump-up songs that
you listen to before a
game?
My favorite pump-up
song is a track that’s not out
yet to the public featuring
Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
my boys Julian, Tony and
LilRio.
What’s your favorite
subject in school?
My favorite class that
I’m taking this year is engineering
because it’s fun
and I love working with
computers.
What would you say is
the best advice you’ve
ever gotten?
The best advice I’ve ever
gotten in football is probably
a quote by [Assistant
Head] Coach [Jim] Romano,
who said, “if you can’t
get through one practice,
how can you get through
four quarters of bangin?”
For me this keys in on the
amount of effort you need
to put in to get the results
you want.
Interview by Freelance
Reporter Ryan Flynn
This Week In...
SHARKS ATHLETICS
Girls Volleyball
■Sept. ■ 7 - hosts Santa
Paula, 6 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 11 - at Hueneme, 6
p.m.
■Sept. ■ 12 - at Fillmore, 6
p.m.
■Sept. ■ 14 - hosts
Carpinteria, 6 p.m.
Football
■Sept. ■ 8 - hosts Beverly
Hills, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Tennis
■Sept. ■ 14 - hosts Simi
Valley, 3 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
■Sept. ■ 8-9 - at Conejo
Classic, TBA
■Sept. ■ 12 - hosts Foothill,
3:15 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 13 - at Cate, 3:15 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 14 - hosts Malibu
Varsity Tournament, TBA
Cross Country
■Sept. ■ 8 - at Seaside, 1 p.m.
PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS
Women’s Volleyball
■Sept. ■ 8 - hosts Wyoming,
Pepperdine Asics Classic,
noon
■Sept. ■ 8 - hosts
Washington, Pepperdine
Asics Classic, 7 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 9 - hosts Missouri
State, Pepperdine Asics
Classic, 4:30 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 12 - hosts Long
Beach State, 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
■Sept. ■ 8 - at DePaul, 1 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 10 - at Northwestern,
11 a.m.
Men’s Water Polo
■Sept. ■ 9 - hosts Loyola
Marymount, GCC vs. WWPA
Challenge, 10 a.m.
■Sept. ■ 9 - hosts UC San
Diego, GCC vs. WWPA
Challenge, 3:30 p.m.
■Sept. ■ 10 - at Redlands,
Inland Empire Classic, 9 a.m.
■Sept. ■ 10 - vs. Concordia,
Inland Empire Classic, 11:40
a.m.
■Sept. ■ 10 - vs. Claremont-
Mudd-Scripps, Inland Empire
Classic, 2:20 p.m.
Men’s Golf
■Sept. ■ 10-11 - at Gopher
Invitational
Women’s Golf
■Sept. ■ 11-12, at Dick
McGuire Invitational
Lifeguards duke it out in
annual Dick Haddock Race
Winner Thomas
Ryan nabs $100
gift certificate,
ceramic mug
Staff Report
Twenty-one lifeguards
from Zuma and Mugu participated
in the annual Dick
Haddock Run-Swim-Run
race from Zuma Headquarters
to Paradise Cove on
Thursday evening, Aug. 24.
The annual race, which
has been held since the
early 1980s, starts with a
swim around the Baywatch
mooring buoy in front of
the headquarters building.
Participants then run
to the Point Dume Headlands
and swim around the
rocky promontory, exiting
to run Big and Little Dume
Lifeguards gathered Aug. 24 for the annual Dick Haddock
Run-Swim-Run race, which was originated in the early
1980s by retired Zuma lifeguard Dick Haddock (front row,
third from left). Photo Submitted
beaches. Another swim
buoy is set at Little Dume’s
“Gully,” and from there,
the racers run to Paradise
Cove to swim the last buoy.
The winner, Zuma lifeguard
and Malibu local
Thomas Ryan, received a
$100 gift certificate to Paradise
Cove Beach Cafe and
a handcrafted ceramic mug
created by lifeguard Gary
Fortune.
Also donated by Bob
Morris, of Paradise Cove
Beach Cafe, was warm clam
chowder and bread to all
racers, family and friends.
Dick Haddock, a retired
Zuma lieutenant lifeguard,
originated the race, and was
this year’s official starter.