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CHS' Hoeckle caps historic career with National Coach of the Year award
Greg Hoeckle, recently retired CHS head track coach, was honored as the National Coach of the Year for the sport of Girls' Track and Field by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) at their national convention in Bismarck, held June 22-27. (Courtesy photo)
From his younger days growing up on a farm 14 miles northwest of Pingree in the shadow of the Hawksnest foothills, Greg Hoeckle was always driven to succeed.
When he first arrived in the Carrington school district as the new elementary physical education teacher in August 1990, Hoeckle's after-school gig in the spring season, track and field, became his passion.
And his teams' staggering accomplis...
