After the final win over Murrieta Valley, the next morning he couldn’t lift up his arm.

"We have huge cast iron fireplaces that have been lifted up and moved over, everything's fallen over, broken".

Gilbert has said he wanted his son to learn how to lift up a team, and that’s what Alijah has done.

“Because here in the Golden State, we fight to lift up every person, no matter your background, no matter your skin color, who you are, who you love and how you identify.”

That would make it more worthwhile for folks who take the lift up, he reasoned.