A Duncan High School graduate will join the ranks of head coach in Stephens County after Dalton Dismuke was hired as the new head coach for the Velma-Alma Lady Comets basketball team.

Serving as an assistant coach for nine years under different head coaches and then becoming a head coach himself over at Cache High School, Dismuke will now head over to Velma-Alma and begin work with the team in June.

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