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Things did not start well at the start of
the legion campaign for Cote, who bat-
tled an early slump. He tried not to let it
get to him.
He also got some help from the Post
31 coaching staff, which enabled him to
find a groove. “They got my swing back
on track,” Cote said. “I’ve been seeing
the ball great, putting good swings on it
and good things have happened. They
saw some things. I just gave them my
swing and they tweaked it a little bit and
it’s just been working out.”
What made Cote truly valuable this
season was his ability to drive in big
runs or make things happen in the mid-
dle of a rally. COLOR
“He’s gotten more clutch hits than I
can even tell you,” coach Rich Giallella
said. Using our passion to add a
“The bigger the situation, the better
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always had a good glove and a good arm.
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“I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,” Cote any errors over there so we can always
said. “It was striking Jiu-Jitsu. I started at count on him.”
the end of my junior year and kind of ran What makes Cote’s defensive play
with it. I kind of have a calling for it; and even more impressive is that this was
it’s a lot of fun.” his first year at the hot corner.
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