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Q: Would You Allow Heytvelt Back on GU Team?

You can read letters sent to the sentencing judge in support of Josh Heytvelt, including one by Gonzaga Coach Mark Few, here.

The Spokesman-Review today obtained several letters sent to Superior Court Judge Michael Price in support of Gonzaga University basketball star Josh Heytvelt. The letters include one from Coach Mark Few, which was not released under a previous verbal request. In his letter, Few said the university is willing to give Heytvelt another chance. But the 6-foot-11 sophomore from Clarkston will have to wait until next fall after Gonzaga was eliminated Thursday night from the NCAA tournament by Indiana. Most of the letters come from Heytvelt's relatives. They also include letters from a doctor, a pastor and the mother of a girl who has a child with Heytvelt out of wedlock.

Question: In his letter, Coach Few said the program is willing to give Heytvelt a second chance. Presumably, that means he'll be playing basketball for Gonzaga next year. Would you allow him back on the team?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.