4/29/2023 0 Comments Shining tears opening![]() ![]() He had no close friends, only bad childhood memories. He was lost in a world that didn’t quite know how to handle deafness and autism. This is where West, a bearded 5-foot-10 force of nature, retreated in the spring of 2021 upon the death of his mother Dijana from bladder cancer. “You can see how much he practices by the number of dents on the hoods,” said his cousin and guardian Sasha Svimonoff, smiling. Kade West demonstrates how he plays basketball at his home in Long Beach. The cars, parked next to a basketball goal, are riddled with pock marks. In an alley behind a Long Beach bungalow, the definition of determination can be found on the bodies of a light gray Kia and dark gray Honda. “It was such a beautiful moment, Coach May and the team saved Kade’s life, and then…how could that have happened?” she said. Lucy Favro, West’s great aunt and caretaker, is still disheartened. “Shouldn’t this be something we celebrate?” “Yes, I broke a bylaw, but is this what our society has become?” he said. The CCCAA had dropped the hammer, Cerritos College had administered the blow, and what was once so beautiful became broken. The extra loss cost the Falcons a first-round bye in the postseason tournament, where they distractedly lost that opening game to lower-seeded Copper Mountain in double overtime, their sterling season collapsing under the weight of the kindest of gestures. Kade West with coach Russ May at Cerritos College. ![]()
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