Paul Skrbina
Sports Reporter at The Tennessean
Sports features/enterprise reporter @Tennessean, USA Today Network. Past: Chicago Tribune, Sauk Valley, Times of NW Indiana. Feel bad that I don’t feel worse.
Articles
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3 days ago |
tennessean.com | Paul Skrbina
Doug Bontrager, a longtime basketball coach at Father Ryan High School, has retired after 37 seasons. Bontrager amassed a 603-471 record, two state championships, and three state runner-up finishes. Bontrager plans to spend his retirement traveling with his wife, spending time with his grandchildren, and continuing to teach math. Travis Bontrager doesn't remember his favorite memory.
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3 days ago |
dnj.com | Paul Skrbina
That's because the former Father Ryan student-athlete was around seven weeks old when he attended his first Irish boys basketball game. It was his first night with who eventually would become his new family.
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4 days ago |
dnj.com | Paul Skrbina
Propped up by her arms on the edge of the pool inside Centennial Sportsplex, a woman cast her eyes on a passerby. Target in her crosshairs, she leaned forward. "Hi, Polly!" the woman said that mid-May day. "What are you doing here?"The Polly she was beckoning was Polly Linden, the former Harpeth Hall swim coach with 12 state championships to her name.
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4 days ago |
tennessean.com | Paul Skrbina
Polly Linden, former Harpeth Hall swim coach, is the 2025 USA Today Studio IX Trailblazer Award winner. Linden built the Harpeth Hall swim program from scratch, leading them to 12 state championships and coaching two Olympic medalists. Linden overcame early challenges, including a lack of pool access, to build a dynasty. Propped up by her arms on the edge of the pool inside Centennial Sportsplex, a woman cast her eyes on a passerby. Target in her crosshairs, she leaned forward.
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1 week ago |
tennessean.com | Paul Skrbina
Jim Bohannon, a 77-year-old Louisville native, leads fans in singing during the seventh-inning stretch and eighth inning at Vanderbilt baseball games. Bohannon and his wife, Kitty, have been working Vanderbilt baseball games for several years. The couple met as teenagers in Louisville and have been married for 56 years. A maestro, Jim Bohannon is not.
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