Gary Preece hasn’t yet had a chance to learn much about the team he is taking over as the new GRC softball coach, but he already has a head start – his favorite color is red. The former Tates Creek softball head man with 30 years of coaching experience met the players and parents tonight at GRC. “I am a coach by title, but I look at myself as an instructor and motivator,” Preece said by email. “The mind and body are powerful things...

Heather Mooneyham has a goal as the new cheer coach at GRC: Winning a state title. And why not go big in setting goals? Heather has set and achieved lofty goals her entire gymnastics and cheer career, which began when she reached an elite level of gymnastics as a 10-year-old and became a cheerleader in middle school. An Algebra I teacher at Biloxi High School in Mississippi for the past three years, Heather and her husband, Patrick, are moving...

Ever since Nick Vogler can remember, he has loved the game of soccer. “I put my first pair of cleats on when I was 3 and I haven’t taken them off since,” said Vogler, named today as head coach of the GRC Boys’ Soccer team. A health and PE teacher at GRC this year, Vogler has 15 years of experience coaching all levels of soccer. He was Bourbon County’s middle and high school head coach before coming to GRC, and he is assistant coach...

As GRC’s total campus edges closer to becoming reality, exciting developments have been made in the facilities. The columns at the football stadium have been wrapped in stone, and all the stone work on the stadium is completed. The turf is also in production, and installation “should begin in a month or so,” according to Project Manager John Hagan Codell. The football stadium is expected to be completed around the beginning of July, which...

Senior Christopher Stefanski, a four-year leader in GRC’s JROTC program, has been appointed to the United States Air Force Academy. “I was so stoked when I got the call,” said Christopher. “I’m really at a loss for words.” Nominated by Rep. Andy Barr for all four military academies, Christopher received the call Wednesday. “I was a little worried since it’s been a dream for so long,” he said, “but after I got the call, a...