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- 0:05Speaker 1: Marquette girls basketball coach Eric Price resigns after six seasons.
- 0:10Speaker 1: Written by J. T. Penalty, this article is being read
- 0:14Speaker 1: by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Marquette
- 0:18Speaker 1: Academy is looking for its next varsity girls basketball head coach,
- 0:22Speaker 1: announcing this week that Eric Price has resigned the position
- 0:25Speaker 1: after leading the twenty twenty five to twenty six Crusaders
- 0:29Speaker 1: to a Class one A regional championship. Price also served
- 0:33Speaker 1: as an assistant football and baseball coach during his years
- 0:36Speaker 1: at Marquette. Coach Price was very dedicated to his teams
- 0:40Speaker 1: and Marquette Academy. Marquette principal Brooke Rick said we wish
- 0:44Speaker 1: him the best in the future and thank him for
- 0:47Speaker 1: all that he contributed to the program and the school.
- 0:50Speaker 1: Price took over the Crusader's program during the COVID effected
- 0:53Speaker 1: twenty twenty to twenty one school year has posted a
- 0:57Speaker 1: seventy two to sixty three record during his tenure. Last
- 1:00Speaker 1: winter's Crusaders finished left one twenty, but among those wins
- 1:04Speaker 1: was the program's first regional championships since twenty twelve, a
- 1:07Speaker 1: sixty five fifty six victory for the underdog Crusaders over
- 1:11Speaker 1: Tri County Conference foe Dwight Coach Price did an outstanding
- 1:16Speaker 1: job with the Lady Crewe basketball team. Marquette Athletic director,
- 1:20Speaker 1: current boys basketball coach, and former girls basketball coach Todd
- 1:24Speaker 1: Hopkins said his dedication and commitment to the program and
- 1:28Speaker 1: school will be greatly missed. Marquette plans to begin a
- 1:32Speaker 1: coaching search for the position immediately