I know that.”Team in TransitionSeveral months ago Raul Mendoza, 69, the widely admired coach of the Wildcats, invited me to watch him try to revive the Chinle team. Last season, before he took over, the Wildcats finished 4-17; this year, the Wildcats will finish 17-14. We wandered this land with our young sons, and Navajo sank its hook deep into us. The chance to return and explore the passions that drive this coach and his Navajo teenagers proved irresistible. “Those boys are intelligent and fight hard.”Half FormedThe Wildcats remain a team half formed and maddeningly inconsistent.

Source: New York Times February 26, 2017 20:48 UTC