Upland freshman kicks 60-yard field goal
Daily Bullletin columnist David Allen was recently leafing through the Wall Street Journal when he noticed a story datelined "Upland, Calif." If that wasn't strange enough, it was a sports story.
Upland High School freshman place kicker Jake Van Ginkel isn't even first at his position on the Highlanders' depth chart. But the heavily viewed YouTube video (below) of him kicking a 60-yard field goal was enough to warrant Journal reporter Russell Adams flying in from New York for the Upland freshman team's season opener Sept. 6.
Here is the Wall Street Journal story on Van Ginkel.
Adams put together his own video on Van Ginkel, too.
About Clay
Clay Fowler has been covering high school sports for six years in California and Texas. He was born in Dallas, attended the University of Texas and worked in Central Texas before joining the Daily Bulletin staff in 2006.
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