The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

This year the grade school basketball program is trying something different. Besides just practicing after school and having games on weekends, the coaching staff want them to know that working hard in school is important.

So, each week a student will be chosen after a game as Student Athlete of the Week. Prior to each game teachers will be visited with to determine the effort each athlete is making in the classroom, if their efforts on the floor matches their efforts in the classroom they will be chosen. Besides the acknowledgment of their efforts with their picture being in the paper...