The football stadium at his old high school lies pretty much empty in the gray drizzle of a Monday morning. Bundled in a sweatshirt and knit cap, Mique Juarez climbs into the bleachers and leans against a cold metal railing. “I miss this place.”The game was fun — still just a game — when Juarez played linebacker at North Torrance High. In those first days, there were suggestions on social media that he was overrated, having feasted on mediocre opponents in high school. “There are a lot of pressures — self-imposed pressure, family pressure, the outside pressure of trying to live up to the hype,” Mora says.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 28, 2017 02:48 UTC