Timeout with Tim – Former NU coach will long be remembered
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July 28, 2020

Timeout with Tim – Former NU coach will long be remembered

By Tim Miller

I’ve been back from vacation for a couple of weeks and during the time I was off, we lost a Union County high school coaching legend.

Becky Thompson LaRue, who was the long-time girls basketball coach at North Union, died after a long battle with cancer.
Becky could be considered one of the pioneers...

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