State Fair coach Kevin Bucher feels good about the future of the Lady Roadrunners.
“I really feel we’ll be one of the more dominant teams in our region next year,” he said. “Recruiting’s gone very well. We by far had the toughest schedule this year. Some of those teams are nationally ranked.”
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