The Warriors' winning ways began with a coach from Wauneta

There are probably many new teachers starting off at small schools who look at their first jobs as stepping stones. This was the case for Wauneta-Palisade High Schoolalumnus Jodi (Smith) Craig when she began teaching at Leyton (Dalton and Gurley) High School.

Still at Leyton 16 years later, "Well...the bigger and better things came to me and I haven't looked at leaving since," says Craig.

Craig "jumped in with both feet" after the teacher she student taught under in the spring of 1998 decided to move. In the fall of 1998 Craig found herself in the positions of business education teacher and...