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Coach remembered on anniversary of Columbine tragedy

By Jeff Miller
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Amber Wade described Dave Sanders' coaching style as "quiet thunder." And she should know. In her four years at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in the late 1990s when she was Amber Burgess, Wade was coached by Sanders every season, every year. He was the Rebels' assistant softball coach in the fall, head girls' basketball coach in the winter and assistant girls' track coach in the spring. "Quick to listen; slow to speak," Wade said. Yet Sanders' most lasting impact in his 25 years ...

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