ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — Edgewood High School boys basketball coach John Thomas emerged from the locker room, tie loosened and sweat still dripping off his forehead.
Thomas did sport one other characteristic: A big, wide smile.
Edgewood gutted one out against visiting Talawanda in a spirited affair not decided until

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