Russ Swartz has covered a lot of ground and cut down a lot of nets over the course of his career in basketball, which spans, well, almost every day he’s been alive.
The 1981 graduate of Mogadore High School became his alma mater’s all-time winningest boys basketball coach when his Wildcats defeated Kidron Central Christian 57-45 in the Norton Div. IV Sectional semifinals Feb. 22 in Mogadore. The win was the 238th for Swartz in his 14 years coaching the Wildcats, breaking the mark previously held by the man who coached him in high school, Tom McClary, who went 237-140 at Mogadore.
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