TriCounty Lorene Ramsey (ICC) took her Lady Cougars back to nationals after a rare post-season at home and ICC brought back a third place trophy from the NJCAA Division II basketball finals which ended a sterling 32-3 season.
GARY TROTTER Gary Trotter began working with youth sports as early as his college days at Bradley University, when he coached boys' basketball at St. Marks grade school in the late`5Os. He continued by next working with freshman baseball at Peoria High School. Upon graduation in 1958, he entered the service and in 1960 he began working at Pleasant Hill grade school where he taught and coached the boys' sports. He holds great pride in the fact that he was able to coach a state championship basketball team during his stay at Pleasant Hill. | ![]() |