Lou Farrar, a legendary high school football coach in the San Gabriel Valley who spent 39 years at Covina Charter Oak, died Sunday morning after a battle with leukemia. Farrar’s illness forced him to miss Charter Oak’s season opener in August, and the team wore orange patches in his honor. There was a bone marrow drive last summer to try to find a match for Farrar, who coached for more than 50 years. His son, Dominic, coached Charter Oak this season. In October, the Charter Oak Unified School Board voted to name the football stadium in his honor.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 11, 2019 03:40 UTC