When a high school athlete doesn't make the team
Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Today, Murphy oversees the biggest high school athletic program in South Jersey, catering to more than 1,500 athletes in 31 varsity sports.
But at this time of year it's the athletes who won't be playing -- the ones who've been told during the last few days that they weren't good enough to make the team -- that tie knots in Murphy's stomach like the one he felt 27 years ago.