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“As Coronado parents, we are thrilled to have Steve Reiss conduct the SAT prep course for our kids,” Says Dan and Heather Frank of Coronado. “Steve is a very talented teacher that knows how to work with kids and makes an impact on their lives as they prepare for college. It is his unique understanding of the test and how best to teach these insights that make such a powerful combination. Steve’s course was paramount to our son getting offers from the Ivy League Schools for academics and football, and ultimately being accepted into UC Berkeley.”

With years of teaching and professional experience, Steve Reiss knows everything you would ever need to know about the all-important, often stressed over SAT and ACT college assessment tests. Partnering with the Coronado Schools Foundation (CSF) to offer SAT and ACT Test Prep classes, this self-proclaimed “most boring author in San Diego” has written or edited over 60 books for people preparing to

by David Axelson

Margaret Tomlin, at the age of 26, is rapidly climbing the corporate ladder with Sony Music Nashville. Last month, she received a promotion to Director of Artists and Repertoire (A&R) with the firm. Tomlin is the daughter of Capt. Jeffrey and Eileen Tomlin of Coronado and the family has been based in Coronado since 2010.

If the last name sounds familiar, Sheila, the youngest of the four Tomlin children is frequently mentioned in the ‘Nado Natterings’ portion of this paper as a standout water polo player. The two middle children are daughter Fiona and son Charlie.

Jeffrey Tomlin graduated from the Naval Academy in 1989, began his career in submarines before attending medical school and is now a neurosurgeon. Margaret being born in New London, Connecticut happened during the submarine portion of Tomlin’s career.

It turns out Dr. Tomlin played water polo at the Naval Academy and Margaret reflected on Sheila’s path in the same sport. “She’s been playing since seventh grade and I have loved watching her grow into this amazing offensive player. There’s rarely a game when she doesn’t score a goal. Her focus is really admirable, and as her oldest sibling, I’m really taken with watching her play. She doesn’t let other factors distract her. She found a thing that none of us do and it’s her thing. Sheila has grown as a teammate and she is not just about scoring the most goals but getting the team into the best position to win.”

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Nado Natterings by David Axelson

Ironically, the lone loss suffered by both the Coronado Boys Soccer Team and Girls Soccer Team came at the hands of Westview High School. After falling to Westview 1-0 Dec. 12, the Islander Boys have put together two solid victories, including a 1-0 win over San Diego and most recently, a 2-1win over La Jolla. The Islander won-loss record entering Western League play this week is 5-1.

Islander Boys Soccer Head Coach Aaron Brooks provided the details of the La Jolla game. “They are a tough team, with a good center back and good midfielders. We went up 1-0 at halftime, with our first goal coming from a combination played down the line, where Nathan Mutty took a crossing pass from Brandon Elassaad and had a beautiful finish. In the second half our second goal was also scored by Nathan. He pressed and did a first-time finish on it, which was a smart play by him. We had a fair number of chances to score more goals. With 10-15 minutes left, they scored on a corner kick. It was a great showing by our players. I have to give a shout out to our defensive back five, which includes Eli Hallal, Calvin Cox, Fernando Jimenez, Cory Bible and Diego Mendoza. Jack Irvine played the first 65 minutes in goal and Esteban Toscano played the last 15 minutes.”

by David Axelson

A few weeks back, a group E-mail arrived from Jim Vance, who announced that he was stepping down as the head swim coach at Coronado High School after three years in the position. My initial and continuing reaction was that I am sorry to see him go, as he was a pleasure to deal with during swim season in the preparation of my sports column. As a former C- age group swimmer, I knew enough about the sport to understand the complexities of it and Vance is very good at explaining what was going on in his program.

Vance has an interesting athletic background, starting out as a three-time All-State distance runner in Indiana, competing in both cross country and track, where he specialized in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meter events. Vance competed for the University of Nebraska, initially as a walk-on or non-scholarship athlete, then finished his career on full scholarship. In 1996 the Nebraska Cross Country Team was good

The Coronado Eagle & Journal’s e-blast, the Eagle Weekender, randomly selects a weekly winner on their subscribers list to receive 2 free tickets to the Coronado Village Theater. This has been a huge success due to the support and donation of tickets from the Coronado Village Theater.