The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

While watching my oldest play on the Jr High School Basketball team this year, I noticed the young man who was coaching the team. At first, I thought he was one of the High School students who was coaching as a learning experience. I caught up with Rhett Simonton, who is not in high school, but says he is often asked if he is. The 21-year old young man has been coaching in Big Sandy for two years.

Rhett explained how he arrived in our community: "I graduated from Malta in 2018. And pretty much, as soon as I graduated, I came here." He started working on his stepdad's ranch (the Jurenka ran...