Annual letter-of-intent event has different look at Petco Park (by John Maffei)

Post date: Nov 12, 2020 6:14:36 PM

In a non-COVID-19 year, Bill Johnston — executive director of the San Diego Sports Association — said crowds would have swelled to more than 1,000 for a National Letter of Intent Signing Day event inside Petco Park.

These, as we have learned since March, are far from normal times.

So Wednesday’s signing day event was held in the parking lot at Petco Park.

And Johnston and his crew of Christian Pedersen and Loni Lewis managed to make chicken salad out of chicken livers.

“This was a great experience,” said Logan Gutzwiller, a Torrey Pines High senior who has signed to play lacrosse at Notre Dame. “I appreciate the people putting on this event, especially with all that is going on.

“It’s not the same as it would have been without COVID-19, but this definitely lived up to my expectations. I got to honk my horn and scream for my Torrey Pines guys.”

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