THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: The impact of player to coach, and coach to player, at Genesis Prep
MARK NELKE/Press Genesis Prep Academy volleyball coach Paula Thurston encourages her team in a match earlier this season.
MARK NELKE/Press From left, Madi Cooper (8), Ella Martin (10), Kennedy Prendergast, Kinzie Lawler (4) and Pearl Covey (20) celebrate a point during last Thursday's 2A District 1 volleyball championship match vs. Wallace at North Idaho College.
Genesis Prep Academy volleyball coach Paula Thurston celebrated with her team Thursday night on the floor of North Idaho College’s Christianson Gym, after the Jaguars won the 2A District 1 championship to qualify for state for the first time in program history.
Then she sought out a couple former coaches from her playing days at St. Maries — former head coach Jamie (Hammes) Sloper and JV coach Nancy (Nelson) Shepherd. Both were also former Lumberjack stars.
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