On Monday, March 25, the West Elk Patriot baseball team hosted their season opener against Oxford. To kick off the game, former West Elk Baseball Coach Dana Taliaferro threw the ceremonial first pitch. Following the pitch, a special announcement was made by West Elk Assistant Principal Chris Haag, “Coach, we are not quite finished and would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for all that you have done for West Elk. Coach Taliaferro has been a tremendous teacher, athletic director and coach for many years. His commitment to his peers, students and players was demonstrated for over four decades at West Elk.
“Mr. Taliaferro served as the South Central Border League president for numerous years and his leadership skills in this role enabled him to build quality relationships with staff from all of the schools within our league. We could go on and on about his accomplishments as a teacher and athletic director but would like to focus today on his role as the longtime high school baseball coach at West Elk.
