Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group Longtime Pinewood coach Doc Scheppler, shown here in a file photo, led his injury-plagued team back to the Central Coast Section Open Division final on Wednesday night with a win over Sacred Heart Cathedral. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Girls: Gritty Pinewood in Open final again
Things were looking pretty grim five games into Pinewood’s season. The Panthers were 1-4, and the schedule wasn’t getting any easier.
“You want to hear the sob story?” Pinewood coach Doc Scheppler asked Wednesday night, shortly after his team eased past Sacred Heart Cathedral 71-50, placing them in the Central