Missel reduction

An era will end June 30 as Cheney High School assistant principal and athletics director Jim Missel has announced his retirement at the end of the school year.

Missel said the decision has been in the works for awhile, and this past weekend he and his wife Robin did a lot of thinking and talking, including a phone call from Jim to his brother Tom, currently a private investigator but also an Eastern Washington University line coach and assistant coach under former head coach Paul Wulff.

“He said, ‘Jim, life’s too short,’” Missel said. “If you can do it, you need to retire.”

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