New Lady Cards’ basketball coach Blayne has had a future in coaching for many years

By PAUL DELANEY

Staff Reporter

It might be said that Justin Blayne’s first interview for the head girls’ coaching position at Medical Lake may have come nearly a dozen years ago – in eighth grade.

Blayne, who had the “interim” removed from his title last week when he was named head coach for the Lady Cardinals, first impressed his current boss, athletics and activities director, Chris Spring, back in the winter of 1997-98 when he played middle school basketball.

Spring said Blayne was a player who he could trust to do what needed to be done. “I could send him out to run the point f...