Photo courtesy of BRYAN CHASE
St. Maries boys basketball and golf coach Bryan Chase, former St. Maries football and baseball coach Craig Tefft (center) and former football and baseball asssistant coach Chase Bennett (right) watch the Lumberjacks' Sept. 15 game at the Schneidmiller Hospice House in Hayden. Tefft, 47, passed away after a 10-month battle with colon cancer on Tuesday.
September 22, 2023
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“I was at some Inland Empire League meetings in Coeur d’Alene the day they moved him,” Driskill said. “After I was done, I went to see him, and the first thing he wanted to talk about was football and hunting. It was crazy. It was just the same old Craig. I really don’t know how big that church is, but it better be very big. His impact in this area is very huge.”