{"id":8385,"date":"2017-04-14T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=8385"},"modified":"2017-04-14T07:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T07:34:36","slug":"blair-athletic-director-and-varsity-coach-alon-margalit-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=8385","title":{"rendered":"Blair Athletic Director and Varsity Coach Alon Margalit Honored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By GILBERT BARRAZA-MARESTEIN, JR., PUSD Athletic Director<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8389\" src=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Coach-of-the-Year-Alon-Margalit-Blair-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Coach-of-the-Year-Alon-Margalit-Blair-4.png 450w, https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Coach-of-the-Year-Alon-Margalit-Blair-4-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Congratulations to Blair Varsity Boys Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Alon Margalit. Coach Margalit has been selected and will receive the prestigious Harry Sheldon Award which will be presented by the Pasadena Human Relations Commission. The award honors those individuals who have positively impacted the lives of many people as well as improving human relations among all. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday May 25, 2017 at the Pasadena Armenian Center at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on June 5, 2017 at 6:00 p.m., the Pasadena City Council, will honor and recognize Varsity Basketball Coach Margalit and the Blair\u2019s Varsity Boys Basketball Team for their CIF~Southern Section Runner-Up achievement. Equally important, The Pasadena Now Sports selected Coach Margalit as Co-Coach of the Year for the San Gabriel Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By GILBERT BARRAZA-MARESTEIN, JR., PUSD Athletic Director Congratulations to Blair Varsity Boys Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Alon Margalit. Coach Margalit has been selected and will receive the prestigious Harry Sheldon Award which will be presented by the Pasadena Human Relations Commission. 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