Centralia Hires New Boys Basketball Coach and AD From Within

Centralia is hiring from within for its new head boys basketball coach and activities director. Assistant Chad Thall is being promoted to the head basketball position. Thall was a KRES All-Star on the 2004 state championship Panther team. Josh Lancaster, who has worked in the Centralia district the last six years, will be the next AD. Both positions were previously held by Scott Humphrey, who is becoming the AD at Troy-Buchanan.