W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
July 30, 2020
Vol 18, NO. 46
Coach Eric Sabogal, IKE's gir ls soccer coach, changing the local soccer landscape By Salvador Torres
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RUSD schools begin August 10
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ialto is home to three high schools: Rialto High School on the border with Colton in the southeast, Carter High, the youngest located north of the 210 freeway, and Eisenhower High located centrally between the two and the oldest high school in the city. I had the pleasure to connect with Coach Eric Sabogal, the current coach of Eisenhower girls varsity soccer team. Coach Eric, 30, has been involved with the game since his early teens and has been coaching youth in Fontana, Rialto, and Colton before making his way to coaching high school. A 2008 graduate of Rialto High, Eric has always been connected to the Rialto soccer community and has a passion for making it stronger with his expertise and experience. In the interview, I learned about Eric's soccer story, his thoughts on local soccer culture, and his plans for making a difference in his community. Coach, cont. on next pg.
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Eisenhower High School girls soccer coach Eric Sabogal, pictured in back, a 2008 graduate of Rialto High, started coaching when he was 18 in the Rialto Youth Soccer League.
For mer Rialto teacher opens community center in hometown
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hile Wilson, who spent 21 years working in the RUSD, may have retired, helping children is a mission he continues to push. He still serves as a substitute teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. He purchased the previously abandoned community center in 2019, renovated it, and reopened it this March. The center includes computers, printers, books, a kitchen and more. “I want to let the kids know down there where I’m from just because you are from a little small town doesn’t mean you can’t be successful. The opportunity is out there.” Along the way, some of his former colleagues in Rialto have continued to show support and donate to his nonprofit. “I don’t call them my donors, I call them my endeavor sharers,” Wilson said. Wilson started in Rialto as a science teacher at Rialto Jr. High School in 1984. He retired from the district in 2006 as an Assistant Principal at Rialto High School. He also served in administrative positions at Kolb and Kucera Middle Schools.
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Ron Wilson, a former teacher and administrator in the Rialto Unified School District, recently reopened a community center in his hometown of Clay, Texas.