8. Dean Henderson retires; Darryl Jones named new head coach for MASH girls basketball

Dean Henderson is a local legend. Darryl Jones is also a local legend. So what are the chances that when one decides to leave the spotlight, the other would walk right back in?

Welcome to the strange case of the Meadville girls basketball team.

Under the direction of Henderson, the Bulldogs were reborn. In six years, the team twice won 20 games under the hoops guru and made it to the District 10 playoffs five times. Henderson was 97-57 with MASH and had a 441-253 slate in illustrious 35-year career.

Jones, who made his name as a baseball player and American Leagion baseball coach, spent the last four years as an assistant to MASH boys coach, Norm Price. When Henderson decided it was time to walk away, Jones decided it was time to run a team again.

Needless to say, it left the Crawford Central Area School Board with an easy decision. In fact, the choice was so easy that the CCASB voted to name Jones the head coach on the same day, May 19, as it voted to accept Henderson’s resignation.

If the first half of this season is any indication, from legend to legend, the team is making a quick adjustment.

7. Edinboro quarterback Trevor Harris rewrites Fighting Scots record book

If you were to ask Trevor Harris about the 2008 season, he would probably tell you it was a failure. That would be because the Fighting Scots missed out on the NCAA Division II football playoffs. But if you look at the junior quarterback’s numbers, you would see it was a major success.

Harris completed 213-of-223 passes (65.9 percent) for 2,1780 yards and 26 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also added 226 yards and four TDs rushing, giving him 3,006 total yards and 30 TDs.

Those numbers, combined with his previous two seasons, left Harris holding every single-game, single-season and career passing and total offense record at Edinboro University, All this and one more season left to play, and the Scots will have to start a new book just for their standout QB.