SHOOT...SORRY THIS PHOTO IS TURNED WRONG. IT WAS BILL FLEMING NIGHT LAST NIGHT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. HE WAS HONORED BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND BOYS GAMES......RECOGNIZED FOR BEING NAMED TO THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME. HE COACHED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 33 YEARS. HAD 27 ALL-STATE BASKETBALL PLAYERS. TOOK 6 TEAMS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. 6 OTHER TEAMS MADE IT TO SUBSTATE. WITH BILL AS COACH, MAQUOKETA WAS CONFERENCE CHAMPION 17 SEASONS. OVER 50 OF BILL'S PLAYERS HAVE BECOME BASKETBALL COACHES. HIS CAREER RECORD, 500 WINS AND 197 LOSSES. BELOW, SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK LAST NIGHT. THE CAKE ABOVE WAS ENJOYED IN THE NEW CAFETERIA AFTER THE GAMES, WITH PUNCH. AND LATER, MANY WENT TO COSTELLO'S OLD MILL TO TALK MORE BASKETBALL WITH COACH BILL. NO PUNCH THERE.
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