Washington Huskies: Tales from the road
OAKLEY, Calif. -- Darrell Daniels always wears a beanie.
At The Opening this this summer, the 6-foot-3, 211-pound receiver wore a Washington beanie. It was hot, but it didn’t stop Daniels from representing the Huskies.
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NOVATO, Calif. -- Manny Wilkins (Novato, Calif./San Marin) walked up wearing a Cal sweatshirt and beanie.
The 6-foot-2, 172-pound quarterback said hello to coach Dan Hickey and accepted two pieces of mail. One was in an envelope from Washington. The other was sent from Washington State.
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PETALUMA, Calif. -- When the school day ends, Elijah Qualls (Petaluma, Calif./Casa Grande) is just getting started.
The football season is over, but the 6-foot-1, 282-pound defensive lineman is often at the school well past 4:30 p.m. every day.
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CONCORD, Calif. -- Michael Hutchings and Austin Hooper had similar plans.
There were times when the senior standouts at Concord (Calif.) De La Salle wanted to remove themselves from the recruiting process.
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EL CERRITO, Calif. -- A little after 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a man walked past El Cerrito High School with a pair of dogs -- one was a Husky.
I took that as a good sign for the second day of my brief Northern California adventure.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A few minutes after the school day ended Monday, Keller Chryst, Andrew Frick and Malcolm Davis walked into the office of Palo Alto coach Earl Hansen.
Before the trio of juniors could make it through the door, Hansen gave Chryst a hard time about what he was wearing.
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MILPITAS, Calif. -- When I arrived at Milpitas High School on an overcast day, I wasn’t sure where to start my search for 2013 defensive end Vita Vea.
With a light drizzle blanketing the campus, I found shelter in the main office where I was the directed toward coach Kelly King’s classroom.
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Mason Kelley
Mason Kelley joined ESPN.com in 2012 and covers Washington recruiting. Kelley came to ESPN after spending three years as the high school sports coordinator at The Seattle Times. He has written about high school, college and professional sports since 2004, working for newspapers in Florida, California, Idaho and Washington. He currently lives in Seattle and can be reached at masonkelleyESPN@gmail.com.