Natalie Ramirez gets her final shot at a state title
(LA Times Horse Racing)

You´re a 9-year-old girl who doesn´t like running. The shotput coach asks, `Does anyone want to try shotput?` Natalie Ramirez almost shouted it out: `Yes!` So began an almost decade-long run that could culminate in a CIF state championship next weekend in Clovis, Calif. Ramirez, a 5-foot-8 senior...