Ex-Panther to get big-head treatment
At Sunday’s Arizona-Chico State practice game at McKale Center, you may see a “cutout head” of an unfamiliar figure. It is Lucas Gabriel, Chico State’s assistant head coach. The cutout will be displayed by Gabriel’s former Amphitheater High School basketball teammate Andy Jagodowski. Both were key players for Amphi’s top teams of 2002 and 2003. Gabriel is a basketball junkie who played at College of the Siskiyous and NAU after leaving Tucson. He has since coached at Fresno City College, Bellevue (Nebraska) University and is in his second stint at Chico State. Gabriel and Jagodowski remain close friends; Jagodowski is part of the college of education faculty at Grand Canyon University.
