Lashley headed to the WCA Hall of Fame

Lingle-Fort Laramie track coach Mike Lashley, center, shares a laugh with members of the Lingle-Fort Laramie track team at practice on Wednesday evening. The 2013 season will be his 22nd. The Doggers season begins March 23 in Morrill, Neb.

LINGLE – When Lingle-Fort Laramie track coach and Athletic Director Mike Lashley attended his first Wyoming Coaches Association (WCA) Banquet in the summer of 1991; he recalled witnessing Mick Lehner of Glenrock being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Lehner had MS and was in a wheelchair, and when he was honored, he received a standing ovation from all in attendance.

That scene moved Lashley, and he made it a goal to make it into the Hall of Fame.

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