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After two years as head coach of the Slater Lady Wildcats on the hardwoods, Rachel Harding moved on to teach and coach at Fayette.In steps Teffany Sample to take over the program that was 6-19 last year.Sample, a 1998 Slater graduate and 2003 graduate of Missouri Valley College in Marshall, is hopeful having three starters returning will help the Lady ‘Cats be more competitive and win more games.“I like to inspire and motivate players to give 100 percent, 100 percent of the time,” Sample said.

After two full years and part of another as head coach, Tony Willis stepped down as Santa Fe Lady Chiefs’ mentor.The Lady Chiefs were incredibly successful under Willis’ tutelage.

Wins have been hard to come by on the hardwoods for the Santa Fe Chiefs in recent years.

The Marshall Owls soccer team made a strong bid to get back to the Class 2 Final Four Saturday.But the Logan-Rogersville Wildcats scored the final three goals, the last one being 2-1/2 minutes deep into the second overtime to beat the Owls 3-2 in a thriller at the Marshall High School Sports Complex.It was like a kick to the gut delivered by the Wildcats, who once trailed 2-0.Marshall head coach Justin Van Winkle was disappointed in the loss, but said the Owls gave it all they had.“Both teams battled hard,” he said.

In 2015, William Penn played its first games as a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

Murphy’s Law is the adage that “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” It can also refer to the idea that if there are multiple things that could go wrong, the one that causes the most damage will be the one to happen.Well, that’s what happened to the Slater Wildcats last Friday night on Dorth Field.Playing for a District 3 championship at top-seeded Concordia, the No.