Munroe Faces No Action

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Jan. 7, 1998 12 AM PT

Hart High girls’ basketball Coach Dave Munroe will not be disciplined by school officials for slapping one of his players on the wrist during a game.

Hart Principal Gary Fuller said Tuesday that he has “no intention” of suspending Munroe for slapping the wrist of sophomore guard Christina Sanchez during a game against Newbury Park on Dec. 20.

Munroe, who said the slap was intended for Sanchez’s knee, would like to put the incident behind him.

“It’s a dead issue,” said Munroe, who met with Fuller on Tuesday. “I’ve got to get on with my life.”

Parents of Hart players met with school administrators, including Fuller, for 30 minutes Monday night to discuss the incident, for which Munroe has apologized to Sanchez and her family.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Munroe Faces No Action

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