WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
KERRI SNIPES VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH, NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
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BY COOPER METTS
espite intense pressure amid competition, head coach Kerri Snipes keeps her cool along the sidelines. Last year, the Northwood High School varsity girls basketball team trailed Terry Sanford High School late in the fourth quarter of the 3A North Carolina High School Athletic Association Regional Championship. A trip to the state championship was on the line. Some coaches might lose their composure, but Northwood athletic director Cameron Vernon remembers Kerri was “just being completely calm and cool.” That’s just what the Chargers needed in their high-stakes regional thriller against the Bulldogs. “I think our girls looked at her on the sideline, saw she
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