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Keppel leads award voting from TBO
Saturday, Aug 02, 2014 | On Target Page: Land O'Lakes, Land O'Lakes Community Events, Land O'Lakes High School
PDF Version {Trevor Nichols won Best of Show in Gus Bilirakis' Congressional Art Competition for this pencil drawing of Land O' Lakes High School coach Kris Keppel.} Land O’ Lakes High cross country coach Kris Keppel is up for a national award recognizing his coaching.Keppel is one of 25 finalists for the Brooks 2014 Inspiring Coach of the Year Award. As of Thursday, he was in first place to win with more than 12,600 votes.Keppel, who has coached for 20 years, was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer last September and gets chemotherapy three weeks each month. He continued to coach, and in 2013, led the Gators boys cross country team to a sixth-place finish at the state meet.As a finalist, Keppel received...
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