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Ross named varsity football coach
By MATT BALDWIN Whitefish Pilot Chad Ross has been named Whitefish High School's head varsity football coach for the 2010 season. He brings extensive on-field experience to the Bulldogs sideline, as well as collegiate-level coaching knowledge. Ross replaces Patrick Dryden who stepped down this winter after four seasons at the helm. Ross was recruited to the University of Arizona in the early 1990s as a linebacker, but due to a knee injury was moved to long snapper. In 1993 he won the Jim Ewing Memorial Award for outstanding character, spirit, leadership and sportsmanship. After graduation, Ross worked with assistant coach and defensive line coach Rich Ellerson at Arizona. Later, he coached freshman and JV football at a Tucson, Ariz., high school before moving to Whitefish in 1997. He served as a Bulldog assistant coach under both Mike Ferda and Dryden. Ross's coaching style will be focused around building relationships with players, their families and the community. More of this story Schwaderer, Watson new tennis coaches By MATT BALDWIN Whitefish Pilot Whitefish High School has two new head coaches joining the tennis program this spring. Mike Watson will lead the Lady Bulldogs, and Chris Schwaderer will head up the boys team.Watson coaches the freshman girl's basketball team and freshman football team. This will be his first season with the tennis team. He plays tennis recreationally and says his tennis skills are "raw," but that he is looking forward to coaching the girls. He said there will be seven seniors on this year's squad. "It should be a lot of fun," he said. "We had about 21 girls come to the first meeting, and I'm excited about having a lot of seniors and the leadership they will provide." Schwaderer is an English teacher at the high school. He is a past head coach of the Bulldog track team and assistant tennis coach in Lewistown. He says that after a short hiatus from coaching, the time is right for him to get involved with Bulldog sports again. More of this story |
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