"He told us to go out and win it for us, not for him," Stow senior Cam Marconi said. "Deep down, he had to know this was for him." In front of his family, school administrators and more than 50 ...

in the classroom A 1976 Stow graduate, Close is in his 37th year as coach of the Bulldogs and last season earned his 600th career victory at the school. He has a career record of 617-252 at Stow, and ...