{"id":150077,"date":"2022-01-08T00:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=150077"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:32:09","slug":"clifton-lauds-van-wert-van-wert-hs-during-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/clifton-lauds-van-wert-van-wert-hs-during-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifton praises Van Wert, Van Wert HS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home. Cougar Pride. Sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those were the three things emphasized by sports broadcaster Allie (Clifton) Kalsow during a Van Wert High School Cougar Pride assembly held Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allie (Clifton) Kalsow addresses Van Wert High School students during a Friday morning assembly. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Clifton, a 2006 graduate of Van Wert High School, is in her fourth season with the Los Angeles Lakers at Spectrum Sports Net. In addition, she is part owner and host for the premier \u201cRoad Trippin\u201d sports podcast alongside former NBA stars Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining Spectrum Sports Net, Clifton was a sideline reporter for FOX Sports Ohio\u2019s Cleveland Cavaliers telecasts, a sideline reporter for the Toledo Mud Hens, a sports feature reporter for 13 ABC Action News in Toledo, and color analyst and sideline reporter for high school and collegiate basketball, volleyball, and track and field on the Buckeye Cable Sports Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While speaking with students, she had nothing but praise for Van Wert and Van Wert High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHome what is raised me to be who I am today,\u201d Clifton told students. \u201cIt has allowed me the opportunity to stand here proudly and confidently and echo this message to you and hope that when you leave today you will remember to never take this place for granted. Understand and realize, and embrace what being raised here in Van Wert can do for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

After graduating from high school, Clifton went on to the University of Toledo and earned four letters playing collegiate basketball and was a three-time co-captain, while enduring a painful foot injury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went on to earn a Bachelor\u2019s degree in sports analysis and communications and a Master\u2019s degree in liberal studies. She then began her NBA broadcast career with the Cavaliers before she and her husband left for Los Angeles. She noted the journey required a great deal of sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI lived in Cleveland, my husband lived in Toledo the first six years of our marriage,\u201d Clifton explained. \u201cBecause of that sacrifice, we\u2019re in Los Angeles. He gave up his career and re-invented himself so that I could chase what I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While at Van Wert High School, Clifton earned 12 varsity letters in three sports, volleyball, basketball, and track and field, often arriving at the gym pre-dawn to work out, or working out with the football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am so proud to be a Van Wert Cougar and I hope all of you are too,\u201d Clifton told the students. \u201cNever forget where you come from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clifton spoke with Van Wert Middle School students later in the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Home. Cougar Pride. Sacrifice. Those were the three things emphasized by sports broadcaster Allie (Clifton) Kalsow during a Van Wert High School Cougar Pride assembly held Friday morning. Clifton, a 2006 graduate of Van Wert High School, is in her fourth season with the Los Angeles Lakers at Spectrum Sports Net. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 08:18:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}