Ridgedale’s Richelle Gleespen talks about the upcoming regional game Ridgedale’s Richelle Gleespen talks about how they will handle playing in a girls basketball regional tournament for the first time since 2004. MOUNT VERNON — After losses like 70-36 at rival Elgin, 54-17 against Hardin Northern and 63-28 to a five-win team like Cory-Rawson, the instinct would be to get tougher, demand more, work harder, be more serious. Ridgedale head coach Brad Gerfen and his assistant Lynette Thiel decided to go against instinct. "Sometimes Coach Thiel and I are a little bit too competitive, and that makes the group think they can’t have fun," Gerfen said. "For the past three weeks, we’ve tried to have...
