Pausing to remember a friend
STERLING – They paused in silence in the gym with stands filled with blue and gold, and green and black. The gym with the huge American flag draped across the west wall.
They paused in silence before two rivals separated by the Rock River met in a girls basketball regional semifinal.
They paused in silence for a former coach, a former administrator and a close friend.
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