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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; Four team members, all juniors, questioned the Hanover Area School Board&#8217;s decision to open the position of girls basketball coach on Thursday night. All four said they were happy with coach Tom Gilroy, praising his efforts to build a team that has undergone repeated coaching changes in recent years.</p><p>&#8220;Our coaches made us what we are today,&#8221; Victoria Benning said. &#8220;We&#8217;re the ones on the court. No one knows what&#8217;s happening better than we do.&#8221;</p><p>Asked why the board was replacing Gilroy, Board President John Mahle said only that directors opened the positions for both girls and boys basketball coach, and that the two current coaches could still apply.</p><p>Coaching positions are technically for one year at a time, and the board usually renews the appointments if the coach wants to stay on, Superintendent Andrew Kuhl said. During the meeting, the board voted to appoint or re-appoint 21 coaches and assistant coaches in baseball, softball, track and volleyball.</p><p>Directors Frank Ciavarella and Lorraine Heydt voted against the coach appointments. Ciavarella said he felt the board had not been given enough time to review the list.</p><p>With Directors Kevin Quaglia and Stacy McGovern absent, the motion passed 5-2.</p><p>Kuhl said that, at the board&#8217;s request, the district had posted the basketball coaching jobs internally and online.</p><p>Asked after the meeting why the board opened only the basketball positions, Mahle didn&#8217;t feel comfortable commenting without a solicitor present. Mahle did, however, say &#8220;we have some issues&#8221; with the coaches.</p><p>The board has not had a solicitor for several meetings. Last month, it notified attorney George Shovlin he would no longer be filling the post.</p><p>On Thursday, directors voted to retain the firm of Elliot Greenleaf as solicitor, at a fee of $195 per hour. Mahle said he expects attorney John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Dean would be the lawyer who attends board meetings.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hanover Area Superintendent Andy Kuhl </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_Kuhl-Andy.jpg</photo0><caption0>Hanover Area Superintendent Andy Kuhl </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Boys coaching post also opened</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Players question Hanover Area move on girls basketball coach