""He loves the game and works hard," Monte said. "I was a lot smaller than he was. He's a much better player than I was as a freshman.""
""Now it would be pretty close," the father said. "I would be worried now.""
""I talked way more. He's much more of a gentleman," Monte said."
Monte Marcaccini led Sherman Oaks Notre Dame to the 1993 Southern Section Division III-A championship as a 6-foot-5 guard. He turned down a scholarship to Indiana to play club ball in Italy, then played at Pepperdine and Virginia before continuing his career overseas. At 51 he serves as an assistant coach at Oaks Christian while his son James, a 6-3 freshman, plays for the 20-4 Lions. Monte praises James's work ethic and growth, recalls his own flamboyant, trash-talking reputation, and notes he started a gelato business 25 years ago using his Italian roots. Coach Mick Cady, Marcaccini's high school coach, recently visited Oaks Christian to give a pep talk.
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