Art Samontina (right), an immigrant from Cebu, is the first Filipino to coach Glendale High School Nitros in California. - PDI/ANN
GLENDALE, California: Almost a year ago, Filipino-American Art Samontina traveled back to his homeland to bury his six-year-old son Jeremiah who had suddenly died of pneumonia.
The death of his youngest son in Ozamiz City thousands of kilometers away came as a huge blow to the 54-year-old teacher and basketball coach of Glendale High School (GHS) in this city, at a time when the Nitros, the school’s basketball team, was recording a winning season.
