Mrs. Stoffer — the unsung hero of the Wapakoneta Redskins 2011 football team.
Years ago she told a young, impressionable Doug Frye, “Good, better, best. Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.”
Frye never forgot the words of his sixth-grade English teacher and passed them on to his young charges.
“I think our kids have to understand that what we did this year was a step in the right direction,” the Redskins varsity coach said. “But it wasn’t the ultimate accomplishment.”
A step in the right direction indeed.
Two years ago, the Redskins went 1-9.