Consideration is just not one thing she seeks out, however Madison Adrid accepts it gracefully as a standout two-sport athlete at San Pedro Excessive.
When she was a freshman, she helped the varsity basketball crew win the Metropolis Part Division II championship. Now she is a senior who is set to pilot the Pirates to their first flag soccer title after back-to-back heartbreaking defeats within the finals.
Being the beginning quarterback comes with strain and expectations, however she has dealt with the position with maturity and poise, qualities that her coaches and teammates respect.
“She’s a true pleasure to coach,” San Pedro flag coach Victor Tuberosi mentioned. “Her IQ is what makes her different than others. As a coach, you can call the play, but what impresses me most is her decision-making.”
San Pedro Excessive quarterback Madison Adrid seems to be to cross throughout a flag soccer recreation.
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Adrid handed for 3,732 yards and 51 touchdowns final fall and led the Pirates to the Metropolis Open Division title recreation, the place they had been surprised by Marine League rival Banning in additional time. San Pedro reached the inaugural part closing in 2023, solely to fall to Birmingham 14-6 after a late landing was nullified by a penalty.
“Last year hurt more than the first one because we were ahead the whole game,” she mentioned. “I can’t reverse time. I learned the hard way.”
To date this season, Adrid has accomplished 147 of 214 makes an attempt for 1,654 yards, 25 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. She credit fellow quarterback Jenna Ortega (who additionally performs on the varsity’s softball crew) for making her higher.
“They teach each other so much,” Tuberosi added.
Born and raised in San Pedro, Adrid has at all times been an enormous soccer fan and adopted the Dolphins as her crew as a result of “she liked the way they looked.” Her father, Erik, was the quarterback at Mary Star of the Sea within the early Nineteen Nineties. He succumbed to most cancers in 2019 on the age of 43 however stays No. 1 in his daughter’s coronary heart.
“I was 11 when he died,” Adrid shared. “I lost someone I looked up to. He meant so much to me. I idolized him and I got my competitive side from him. I remember he’d teach me how to throw when I was 7 or 8.”
Nobody is extra pleased with the individual Adrid has grow to be than San Pedro boys basketball coach John Bobich, who has served as a father determine since her dad’s loss of life.
“Madi is an inspiring young lady,” mentioned Bobich, who notched his 600th profession victory in December. “I met her when she was 8 as I coached her in the local rec league. Soon after, her dad became ill. Our families bonded. Madi spent days and even weeks with our family as her mom was attending to her husband in and out of the hospital. Each year, her mom asked me if I’d select her and I was able to draft her on my team every year until she was 12. Madi and my son AJ (who is also a senior basketball player) became like brother and sister. After battling cancer for years, her dad passed away. Madi took it hard but showed so much strength and courage.”
Impressed by her mother, Ronniee-Marie, who majored in English at USC, Adrid takes college very significantly and is a straight-A scholar regardless of a full load of AP lessons and being concerned in youth and authorities.
She is a Lego collector and has labored as a pizza maker at Rizzo’s Pizzeria in Lomita for 3 years. She needs to go to varsity to check one of many sciences.
San Pedro quarterback Madison Adrid seems to be up area as she throws the soccer.
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“It’s amazing how she’s persevered on the field, the court and in the classroom,” Bobich mentioned. “Madi has blossomed from a quiet girl to an inspiring vocal leader.”
As a ninth grader, Adrid made the game-winning three-pointer towards St. Monica within the SoCal Regional Division V semifinals. (San Pedro fell to Marina within the subsequent spherical). She averaged 9.2 factors per recreation because the crew’s junior level guard in 2024-25.
San Pedro ladies basketball coach Kevin Simpson known as Adrid a cool buyer.
“I’ve been coaching Madi since she was a freshman and she’s gotten better every year,” Simpson mentioned. “She’s a lethal shooter with a high basketball IQ. She’ll be a captain this year because of who she is off the court. She’s funny, she’s always smiling and cracking jokes. She doesn’t say much, but she knows how to handle adversity. Her family supports her to the fullest. She’s like my daughter. I’m looking forward to coaching her in her last season of high school.”
Though she has performed basketball longer (since she was 6), Adrid admitted she could like soccer extra.
“I like the flow of the game,” she mentioned. “Both sports require speed and skill. I practice football everyday and in the summer, I do both. There are areas in both I need to improve on. I’ve always had some sort of ball in my hand.”
Tuberosi is just not afraid to push his signal-caller and whereas tender spoken by nature, Adrid has realized to be vocal — a trait her place calls for.
“I understand the role of the quarterback is to be a leader,” mentioned Adrid, who turns 18 in December. “I invite the challenge.”
Nonetheless, the topic Adrid least likes to debate is herself.
“I didn’t hear her say more than two words at a time until last year,” Bobich recalled.
Luckily, Adrid’s play speaks volumes. Because of her correct arm, the Pirates are out to an 8-1 begin with victories over Torrance, Palos Verdes (twice), Foshay, Bakersfield Christian, Arleta, Verdugo Hills and Marshall. Their solely loss got here on Aug. 30 to Redondo Union within the Narbonne event, regardless of Adrid tossing three landing passes.
Tuberosi believes his crew has what it takes to get again to the finals.
“For us seniors it’s our last chance,” Adrid mentioned. “We’d like to finish our chapter with a ring.”
