Perry Reese Jr Community embraces coach diagnosed with brain tumor By AMY BETH GRAVES BERLIN — The news hit hard and fast: the community’s beloved high school basketball coach had a cancerous brain tumor. Within days, hundreds of people crowded in hospital corridors waiting to talk to coach Perry Reese Jr. His former players flew…
Perry Reese Jr Coach, teacher, helped bring people together By LAURA TROIANO If the measure of a man’s success can be judged by the numbers of friends he had and the lives he changed for the better, then Perry Lee Reese Jr. died a wealthy man. Reese was a Canton native who never played high-school…
Perry Reese Jr ‘Coach’ still in our hearts By NICK SABO Perry Reese was there. The second annual Perry Reese Foundation Scholarship Banquet and Memorial Tip-Off, held Nov. 23 in honor of the man and his continuing legacy, proved how a man can live past his own death in the lives of others. Signs of…
Perry Reese Jr Coach Reese still making an impact on community; Boosters raise funds for scholarship program By DAVE MAST For the second year in a row, the Perry Reese Memorial Scholarship Fund received a boost thanks to the hard work of the Hiland Booster Club and a number of golfers, including the ones who…
Perry Reese Jr Coach Reese praised as ‘hero’ T-R Staff Report Area coaches were in unison when asked about the life of Hiland High boys’ basketball coach Perry Reese Jr. “Perry was a great coach, but he was an even greater person,” summed up veteran Dover boys’ basketball coach Bob Von Kaenel about the Hiland…
Perry Reese Jr Coaching with the Angels By DAVE MAST On November 22, Hiland High School and Holmes County lost a great basketball coach when Perry Reese Jr. succumbed to a six-month battle with cancer. But more importantly, the area lost a very beloved friend. Throughout his 18-year tenure at Hiland, 16 of those as…
Perry Reese Jr Black turns to the public to tell the story of coach Reese By Dave Mast James Black has worked with some of Hollywood’s finest actors. He has been incredibly busy this past year working in the movie and television world as an actor. However, even as he does that, his passion has…
Perry Reese Jr Beyond The Score By DAVE MAST Many people called him coach. For Perry Reese, Jr, he always thought of himself as teacher. Whether it was on the basketball floor, where he roamed the sidelines at Hiland High School for 16 years as the boys basketball head coach from 1984-2000, or in the…
Perry Reese Jr Amish town embraces coach By AMY BETH GRAVES BERLIN, Ohio — When this community learned its beloved high school basketball coach had a cancerous brain tumor, the news hit hard. Within days, hundreds of people crowded hospital corridors waiting for a chance to talk to Perry Reese Jr., known affectionately as “Coach….
Perry Reese Jr A community says good-bye By BRIAN QUESTEL BERLIN — It was a wet, drizzly Sunday, which matched the eyes of many inside Hiland’s gymnasium. It was a somber, leaden Sunday, which matched the mood of many of the 1,000 people inside the gym who came in pain, who came in silence, who…