Christmas kindness: Dalton softball team 'adopts' Stark County family
DALTON For Pamela Spencer, coaching the Dalton High School softball team has always been about more than training strong athletes and winning games. "I tell my girls all the time: I'm not just shaping you to be softball players," said Spencer, who is in her second year as head coach. "I want to shape you to be really awesome individuals when you leave high school." This season, the 32-member team was looking to give back and offer some holiday magic to a family facing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. So players "adopted" a single mother and her three kids, all under ...