The man behind Sparta's power girls

Sparta - Fred Geffken stood at center-court on senior night, the bottom cusps of the trademark sweater resting at his waist, and watched his players pass by. Another story. And, perhaps, for a moment, the only coach Sparta girls basketball has known for the past three decades, had to wonder where this group was off to or what they would go on to become. But no matter what the future has in store, they had already become winners, for the simple fact that they had won more games than they had lost. That’s just they way it is, just the way it has been, and just the way it probably will be as long as basketballs bounce and Fred Geffken coaches at Sparta High School.