After 37 years, Benben will step back from coaching After 37 years, Benben will step back from coaching Thursday, 27 May 2021 09:49
By Scott Bidroski
Gordon resident Shelly Benben has been on a sideline as far back as she can remember. The longtime coach is hanging it up though after 37 years of coaching in the Gordon-Rushville District.
Whether it be volleyball, track, or basketball, Coach Benben has done it all from Middle School, Intramural, and High School.
Benben is a 1975 graduate from North Loup/Scotia High School. After high school, she accepted a scholarship to play basketball at Chadron State College (CSC). Benben also played softball at CSC for three years along with playing basketball.
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Jim Blaise, center, will remain on staff with the new owners, Jake and Brooke Tennis, at Royal Mountain Ski Area in Caroga Lake.
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CAROGA LAKE Jim Blaise is pushing 70 and hadn’t been on skis in 20 years, so he was rusty.
But his granddaughters, Sofia, 7, and Gabriella, 3, were going to be on the mountain his mountain last Sunday.
He hadn’t had any free time in 49 years, so he was ready.
As they took some runs down Royal Mountain, 10 miles northwest of Johnstown, underneath the little girls’ little skis was a deep, firm base of snow made by the ski area’s outstanding battalion of snow guns that had been working hard once the weather was suitable. Then there was also some new stuff, compliments of the storm that clobbered the Capital Region on Dec. 16.