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Pat Huggins

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Former sportswriter at LDN, Huge Philies and Joel Embiid fan, clickbait hater. Contributor to Lebtown and the Hummelstown Sun. Seek respect, not attention.

Lebanon, Pa.
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Pat Huggins
2 years
If Embiid is not your MVP I'm openly questioning your basketball knowledge.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Deepest condolences to Cedar Crest track and field coach Rob Bare and his family. Rob’s wife Tiffany passed away today after a heroic 15-year battle with cancer. Rob is the best. Please do all you can to support him in this difficult time.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
There is a lot of bad in the world. But seeing all these school districts rally around Warwick in its time of tragedy is proof that there is more good.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Aaron Rodgers two-minute drill coming up.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Once again, you couldn't pay me enough to be an athletic director in this day and age of COVID-19. Major headaches every day. No thanks, but be glad there are people busting their butts to try to give your kids a sports season during this mess.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Goosebumps. Every time.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
1/2 I apologize for the humble brag, but just found out the Associated Press has picked up my story on Cedar Crest wrestler Bailey Pennypacker that ran last week for use as a member exchange story this weekend, meaning it can appear in any newspaper that subscribes to the AP...
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Per his dad, Cedar Crest grad Derek Fisher is headed to Houston to join the Astros. Got the call last night. Congrats to Fisher.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Hey, I hate wearing a mask, too, but people bitching about it is the definition of first world problems. I'd rather wear a mask and be able to go outside than be trapped in the house again. Get over it.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Derek Fisher scores the winning run in Game 5 of the World Series as a pinch runner. WOW. @defish21
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Once again kids have to pay because we, as adults, couldn't get it together long enough to wipe this thing out.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Deepest condolences to the family and friends of former Annville-Cleona baseball player, soccer player and golfer Eli Setlock, who passed away this afternoon, according to a Facebook post from his mom, Amy. May he rest in peace.
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Pat Huggins
3 years
Fun fact: Palmyra has qualified for districts in every spring sport. Every. Damn. One.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
He's a bad man. Playing at that level after 15 years in the league. Crazy.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
My story on former Elco football star Tyler Horst, whose life by was cut tragically short in a car crash on Saturday. A devastating loss of someone who touched a lot of people in his 22 years of life.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
LaMelo Ball= Bust waiting to happen lol
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Braden Bohannon wins it with a 3! What a game
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Palmyra wins! Anna Miller with a rebound goal 1:05 into OT. Cougars are state champs!!!!
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Breaking: Every road in Lebanon County is under construction.
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Pat Huggins
2 years
Just wanted to thank everyone for the kind words and best wishes today regarding my Lancaster-Lebanon League Hall of Fame induction. I figured there would be some congratulations but I never anticipated the number of response or the depth of them. Totally blew me away. 1\2
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Pat Huggins
1 year
@TMccarthyisms @LegionHoops Embiid started dominating the league and making his critics look bad.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Live look at everyone that talked themselves into "You can win a Super Bowl with Nick Foles."
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Cedar Crest athletes and coaches wearing Team Tiff bracelets to support Tiffany Bare, Head Coach Rob Bare’s wife, in her cancer fight.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Palmyra coach Mary Manlove: "This group has given me everything I've ever wanted in an athletic experience. I wish I was on a team like this. I started playing basketball when I was 15. I'm 37 now. This team gave me the greatest athletic experience I've ever had in my life. "
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Pat Huggins
6 years
This is Jimmy Butler’s team now. Embiid and Simmons are great but they’re not ready to lead yet. Jimmy is that dude.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Final: Palmyra 3, Wyoming Valley West 1. Cougars are off to the state finals!
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Braden Bohannon has joined Elco's career 1,000-point club.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
I don't care what your politics are, this was bad ass.
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Baseball Quotes
4 years
President George Bush throws a strike in New York prior to Game 3 of the 2001 World Series 🇺🇸⚾️
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Breaking: The spring sports season has been cancelled due to weather. I'm kidding but not really.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
First home run for Derek Fisher with Toronto.
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Toronto Blue Jays
5 years
GONE FISHING 🎣 Congrats to @DeFish21 on his first Blue Jays homer!
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Just got word that Steven Colledge, seriously injured in a car crash a few weeks back is here for Senior Night. Teammates thrilled to see him.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Also, hopefully people appreciated the opportunity to watch talents like Ryelle Shuey and Julia Nelson play for the last four years. Elco has a lot of talented players, but those two are once-in-a-generation players. As good as it gets at their positions.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Your 2020 2A state champs
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Best coach I've ever seen doing his thing.
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Coach Bare
5 years
2020 Cedar Crest Track & Field theme is “With Purpose!” Let’s Go! 💯 #teamTIFF 💕 Yes, that’s my son, Zach, doing the filming with the “smart” comments 😂
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Pat Huggins
5 years
My story on how Palmyra grad Megan Cook turned a devastating cancer diagnosis for her dad into a chance to help aid other cancer patients in need. It's also a story about a lot of other things, like a daughter's love for her dad and his for her.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Guest column from Lebanon High grad and former Lebanon Catholic and Pequea Valley baseball coach Ryan O'Donnell on how travel and AAU teams are hurting high school sports.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Imagine being such a loser that you search tweets from people when they were 14 years old and take them seriously.
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SportsCenter
6 years
Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray apologized Sunday morning after anti-gay tweets he made in 2011-12 surfaced, hours after he won the Heisman Trophy.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Palmyra coach Kent Harshman was as emotional as I’ve ever seen him after the win. Loves the heart and spirit of this team and got choked up talking a about them. That’s high praise from the man they call Big Dog.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Ever hear of Jordan and Pippen ? #6Rings
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Legion Hoops
7 years
SHAQ claims he and Kobe Bryant were the most dominant duo in NBA history.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
If the rug ends up getting pulled out from under these kids in two weeks, I'm going off. Promise.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
It's Thanksgiving, and Elco grad Kyle Knight is feeling blessed after fighting back from a knee injury to earn a career in college football. @kyleknight33
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Pat Huggins
6 years
District champs! 31-23 final
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Pat Huggins
4 years
It is possible to be outraged and horrified by what happened to George Floyd and want the cop who killed him to rot in jail and also think it's stupid to riot and burn down businesses of people who had nothing to do with it. Learn to walk and chew gum at the same time, please.
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Pat Huggins
3 years
Tyler Horst dreamed of becoming a Navy SEAL. That dream was snuffed out when the former Elco star running back died in January in a car crash at just 22. But his legacy lives on through a foundation started in his name by his mom and girlfriend. My story:
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Pat Huggins
3 years
Elco is the district champion!
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Pat Huggins
7 years
HOME RUN, DEREK FISHER! Solo shot leading off bottom 6th!
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Should have shot video of it, but just saw what sums up Rob Bare in a nutshell: Cheering on three of his kids in the exhibition hurdles. Cares about every. single. kid. He. coaches.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Cedar Crest grad Ashley Moyer-Gleich is reffing the Sixers game FYI.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Rob Bare is the GOAT
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CCHS Today
7 years
“To do unbelievable things in this world, you’ve got to be able to help others.” Congratulations Ebenezer Elementary School on exceeding your goal! @EbenezerElSch
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Lebanon Catholic is closing, WLBR as we once knew it is no more and the LDN is down to two reporters. There's a saying that the good ol' days weren't always good and that's true. But it was a hell of a lot better than this. And oh yeah, we're quarantined. Good times.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Final: Cedar Crest 34, Hempfield 21. Tyler Cruz unofficially with 323 yards rushing and three TDs. And wanted no credit. Team guy all the way.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
I don't get schools, man. Close when it's too cold but don't when it's supposed to snow all day. No skin off my nose, but hard to believe.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Very saddened to hear this. Sincere condolences to the family and friends of Elco grad Tyler Horst.
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Bloomsburg Huskies
4 years
Bloomsburg University is mourning the loss of senior Tyler Horst, a fullback on the @BloomUFootball team. Tyler passed away on Saturday due to injuries sustained in a car accident. STORY:
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Elco falls 20-3 to L-S in 4A district title game. But it was 3-0 Elco at half. They gave a team averaging 49 points a game all they could handle. Hell of a year for Elco. Should be proud.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Deepest condolences to Warwick students, faculty and the entire Lititz community. Terrible tragedy.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Palmyra didn’t come here for a moral victory or nice try. But they should be proud. Held a dynamic offensive team down for almost 70 minutes. Donegal is a great team but they were in a fight.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
It's so true. Amazing athletic programs at Palmyra. Lot of class, too. They win the right way.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Gwyneth Young of Cedar Crest, your L-L girls cross country champ.
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Pat Huggins
3 years
49-1 and a league, sectional, district, regional and state champ AS A FRESHMAN. Unreal.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
If you're criticizing the Parkland kids for protesting gun laws, congratulations. You've lost your damn mind. THEIR SCHOOL WAS SHOT UP.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Final: Palmyra 42, Wyoming Valley West 24
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Congrats to the Palmyra field hockey team for raising $7461.95 for Special Olympics with Wednesday night's Cougars for a Cure game in honor of the late Linda Bare.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Palmyra wins 54-51 in OT!
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Pat Huggins
4 years
"I am hurt but I am not slain. I'll lay me down and bleed awhile and then I'll rise and fight again." Sorry to be cryptic but haven't been doing my job very well lately and I need to tell you why. This is so I don't chicken out. More to come tomorrow. Sorry for drama. I'm ok.
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Pat Huggins
1 year
The New England Patriots just took Cedar Crest grad and Maryland kicker Chad Ryland with the 112th pick in the 4th round.
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Pat Huggins
10 years
With spring sports starting tomorrow, please keep Cedar Crest track coach Rob Bare in your prayers as he helps his wife Tiff battle cancer..
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Palmyra wins it! Mia Julian at 2:32 of OT!
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Pat Huggins
7 years
....I've walked on the field at Buck Swank and it's not satisfactory for high school sports. Amazed more people haven't gotten hurt...
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Pat Huggins
2 years
2/2 Thanks for making my day unforgettable. Special thanks to Jeff Falk for posting the info on social media and to Mike Gross for accepting the honor on my behalf. Not gonna lie, it's been a little rough the last few years but today was something very special because of you all.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
I haven't spoken to her yet, but presumably this ends the coaching career of Patti Hower. Can't imagine she'd coach anywhere else. I know that there are many other concerns regarding the closure of Lebanon Catholic, but that's pretty damn sad. Wish it had been on her own terms.
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Neat to see how many people are following Derek Fisher's debut. At the risk of sounding overly corny, that's hometown pride. Pretty cool.
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Pat Huggins
3 years
Congrats to Elco's Braden Bohannon being named to the 4A All-State second team by the Pennsylvania Sportswriter. All- State in football and basketball. Is that good?
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Pat Huggins
4 years
BREAKING: Lebanon Catholic School is closing its doors after 161 years of serving Lebanon County. Confirmed by principal Deb Waters. Statement being released by Harrisburg Diocese.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Boy, the "you can't make me wear a mask" crowd sure showed everybody.
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Pat Huggins
8 years
I'm tired of Palmyra not being good in any sports. LOL. #sarcasm #goodateverything
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Pat Huggins
5 years
TO just called Antonio Brown’s behavior unprofessional. That’s where we are. TO is a voice of reason. LOL.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
LeBron is the best player in the world, but Ben Simmons is the best player on the floor right now. By a lot.
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Pat Huggins
8 years
Breaking: Michael Phelps is good at swimming. #GOAT
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Working on a story on former Elco running back Tyler Horst, who passed away in a car crash over the weekend. Obviously not fun to write about tragedy, but I think it's necessary. Talked to Elco coach Bob Miller and ex-teammate Kyle Knight, who shared great stories about Horst.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Medal time!
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Pat Huggins
7 years
Hey, some of us share a hometown with a World Series champ. Congrats @defish21 and the Astros. Pretty cool.
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Pat Huggins
2 years
Scott Foster should be in cuffs.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
And while I’m on my late night soapbox, the U.S. women are getting criticized for scoring too many goals? Really? This is the World Cup, not youth soccer. Get over it, world.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
Congrats to our latest Athlete of the Week winners, Palmyra's Sam Krahling and Kyle Wasilewski.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Feel bad for the Lebanon and Cedar Crest kids. I don't have a big problem with the decision to cancel but pulling the plug the day of the game is kinda weak. Could have been handled better.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
In touch with Derek Fisher’s dad Jim. Says he hasn’t talked to Derek yet but they texted. Derek is heading to Baltimore to join Blue Jays. Says he loved Houston organization but knew he didn’t have a spot with the big team. Just wants to play every day.
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Pat Huggins
5 years
This Tom Izzo thing cracks me up. Obviously coaches should be held to high standards of conduct. But, um, let’s not flip out if they yell at a player for not playing hard. That’s coaching. You can’t just pat everybody on the head and say it’s OK all the time. #toughlove
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Pat Huggins
6 years
Six seniors for Cedar Crest but, of course only five can get the traditional Senior Night start. So the Falcons�� best player and three-year starter Raven Morgan has volunteered to give up her starting spot tonight. Nice gesture.
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Pat Huggins
4 years
Reminder: Tom Wolf still owes Lebanon County $13.2 million.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
A-C wins as time expires! Junior Bours a 38-yard TD pass to Jalen Price! Wow!!!!
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Pat Huggins
5 years
This one will sting a little for Palmyra. Believe they felt this was their year. I know I did. But Wyoming Valley West was the better team today. Hats off to them. And hats off to Palmyra to handling the defeat with their usual class. That’s not as easy as they make it look.
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Pat Huggins
6 years
L-L champs!!!!
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Pat Huggins
3 years
Congrats to Elco's Braden Bohannon and Cedar Crest's Gwyneth Young, who are this year's Pop Kelchner Award winners. Two great kids and both very deserving.
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