Former Rancho guard closing in on chance to get to college
There’s still a growing process.”
Holliday finished his fifth year of high school at Rancho a few weeks ago, thanks to apex classes that allowed him to recover credits. He was barred from playing high school basketball this season, though, and chose not to appeal the ruling.
Fine by him, he says. School and college are more important, after all.
“He’s had some obstacles and things that happened, but I (helped) him to see you have to do things different,” said Rancho athletics secretary Prudence Jackson, whom Holliday cites as a major reason for his success.
“You can’t do it the street way. You have to do it the educational way, the wise way.
“He listened.”
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