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Page 8A • Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove APRIL 2014 2 3 6 7 5 8 0 0 1 Awarded by the U.S. Department of Education with a National Blue Ribbon School Award 2013-14 LCMS Exemplary School 2010-2011, as awarded by National Lutheran School Accreditation Fully Accredited through National Lutheran School Accreditation Call for your personal tour anytime! 10025 W. North Avenue • Wauwatosa, WI 53226 414.258.4558 • www.orlctosa.org Focused on Preparing the Next Generation of Christian Leaders Strong Academics • Quality Classroom Environment • Special Learning Programs • Early Childhood Programming Outstanding Curriculum • Teachers Committed to Instructional Excellence • Managed Class Sizes • Full-Time Spanish Teacher • Technology Focused • P.E. 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Comfort Keepers' creed is to "Treat each and every client as if they are our own family member." 237210122 Comfort Keepers Enhances Independence and Well Being Serving Waukesha and Milwaukee Counties. 414-858-9400 www.comfortkeepers.com Ranked the Top Senior Care Agency in America "Keeping the Comforts of Home" Want to make a difference in a senior's life? Become a Caregiver - Call Comfort Keepers TODAY! Comfort Keeper Jenean with Michael Michael was diagnosed with polio at a young age. He also has diabetes and gout and needs a walker to get around. With help from his caregiver, Jenean, from Comfort Keepers, he continues to be a very independent person. By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff BROOKFIELD – Mark Adams put his heart and soul into the job for 14 years. But what spectators saw on game days was just a mere portion of the what he did as coach of the Brookfield Cen- tral High School boys basket- ball team. At practices, he was teach- ing. At home, he was review- ing scouting reports. It almost became a 24-7 job – and then he needed to build the program from the bottom up. Adams realized the youth level needed to be successful, so when they become varsity players they have all the tools to be successful. That's a lot of time and energy. The 61-year-old Adams stepped down as coach after this season. He's stepping down after leading the Lancers to an undefeated regular season. Despite being knocked out by eventu- al state runner-up Milwau- kee King, Adams is still leav- ing on top. He's accom- plished so much in his career – and especially this season – that he is also stepping away from the game as The Free- man's Coach of the Year. "About mid- to late-Jan- uary I started thinking a lit- tle bit and I talked to my wife a little bit about it," Adams said about retiring. "There was no pressure or any of that. I was loving every minute of it and having fun. It was a good group to be around. "My mind was telling me I couldn't continue to run the program to the degree I've been running it at." Besides trying to extend his coaching career and get- ting burned out, Adams thought it was time to leave now. He wouldn't feel right if he couldn't put 100 percent into the job. Coaches can be a creature of habit. Adams said when the season gets closer he will feel the urge of that routine of getting ready for the upcoming season. But he said he wants to golf more and spend time with his fam- ily. The games aren't what Adams is going to miss the most. "It sounds crazy, but I love making out practice sched- ules," Adams said. "I love practice. Yeah, I like the games, but the games can get gut-wrenching. I'll just miss being around my coaches and players." Senior Riley LaChance said Adams doesn't have a weakness when it comes to coaching the game. LaChance and Adams were basically joined at the hip the last four years. Adams said the relationship between the point guard and coach was very important to have. "He's a real players' coach, and now that he's retiring he will go down as one of the best coaches in the area of all time," LaChance said. "We built a good relation- ship, and we trust each other a lot. That helped the process a lot." His résumé speaks for itself. Adams compiled 243 victories at Central, which included six state tourna- ment appearances. He made three straight state appear- ances from 2001 to '03 and another run from 2006 to '08. Adams is an approachable person who is willing to help anyone willing to listen. Ger- mantown coach Steve Showalter said the area will miss him as a mentor and friend. Adams may leave the coaching ranks, but not the area – and he's always will- ing to share a tiny bit of his basketball philosophy. "There's no shortcuts," Adams said. "Anything you get is going to come from hard work. From when I got the job until the end, on the front of our practice jersey said, 'defend and rebound.' I felt the efforts that you put toward those things usually takes care of a lot of other things, because usually those two things are the hardest in basketball. And I really preached teamwork." Adams didn't rule out passing his basketball phi- losophy on to more young men, either. He said he's learned to take the word "never" out of his vocabu- lary, but the young lives he can see passing his knowl- edge to will be his grandsons. Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com Coach had 243 victories Adams ends 14-year coaching career at Central By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff BROOKFIELD – Riley LaChance had a difficult time taking off his jersey after his season ended. "It's pretty hard to get over that I will never put on that jersey again," the Brookfield Central High School senior basketball play- er said. "I'll never play another high school sport at Brookfield Central again. I'll never play in front of the hometown crowd again. It's still pretty surreal." One jersey has to come off, but for LaChance another jersey goes on. LaChance will trade blue and white for black and gold at Vander- bilt University. But he wouldn't be wearing the new jersey if it wasn't for his stellar play at Central. His ability to score, create, run the point and be an overall great teammate is why he was selected The Freeman's boys basketball Player of the Year. "It's a great honor. I can't thank my coaches and teammates enough," LaChance said. "I mean, obviously, I wouldn't be here with- out them. I'm not big on individual awards. You win this honor, with everyone who has won it in the past, with all the good players in the area, it's pretty reassuring." Greater Metro Conference coach- es are glad LaChance won't be putting that Central jersey on again – but only because they respect his game. "He's just solid with the basket- ball and can blow by guys," Hamil- ton coach Andy Cerroni said. "He can shoot it and make a scoring pass. He can beat you in so many different ways, and that's what the Division I coaches saw." Central coach Mark Adams said LaChance is a "once-in-a-lifetime player." Adams can't see a flaw in LaChance's offensive game. Over 14 years of coaching at Central, Adams hasn't said that about any player. "He had a 3-point game, a great mid-range game, a great pull-up game, and I think one thing he real- ly improved on this year was his ability to finish in the lane with pretty serious contact," Adams said. "Because one of the skills he does have is he's a great free-throw shooter. In conference, he was around 90 percent, so it doesn't get much better than that." It's not just scoring that makes LaChance an NCAA Division I player. His knowledge of the game made coaching LaChance easy. Adams said sometimes he'd want tell LaChance the next play only to see LaChance already signaling the play to the team without looking at the coach. Sometimes scorers don't always share the basketball, which leads to a lack of respect from teammates. But that's not LaChance. "He's very respected by his team- mates, and not because of the tal- ent he's got," Adams said. "They know he cares for them." He had high expectations in his high school career, and they will be even higher for the next level. Van- derbilt does have a need for guard play. There's only one guard return- ing next season, and LaChance is one of three guards to commit to the Commodores. Playing immedi- ately was a perk of going to Van- derbilt, as well as the school's aca- demics. LaChance said the biggest reason was the situation just felt right. "I've watched them, and one of their problems is their guard play has been suspect," Adams said. "They've got two other (guards) coming in. I see (LaChance) as a combo guard. They are excited about all three of them." With all the individual success, LaChance said what he will remember most about his time at Central will be his teammates. "I wouldn't have rather shared the locker room with anybody else," LaChance said. "It was such an honor to play with those guys. And a school like Brookfield Cen- tral, with the tradition and playing in front of those home fans, it was such a great experience. "I wouldn't change it for the world." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com Senior going to Vanderbilt LaChance leaves for new uniform 2013-14 ALL-FREEMAN BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Riley LaChance, Brookfield Central 2013-14 ALL-FREEMAN BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Mark Adams, Brookfield Central Robert F. Borkowski/Special to The Freeman Riley LaChance is the all-time leading scorer at Brookfield Central High School.