Bred for basketball
BUTLER TWP — Lydia Roth is not accustomed to the spotlight.
Basketball? Different story.
After playing soccer and basketball for First Baptist in Butler, she wound up playing basketball and softball for two years at Butler County Community College from 2016-18 before finishing her hoop career at Geneva College — small schools all the way.
Now she finds herself as head coach of the Pioneers’ women’s basketball team.
“Coaching is something I’ve always wanted to do,” Roth said. “When I was at First Baptist and Geneva, I did some coaching with youth soccer and basketball teams.
“My younger sister, Michaella, played for BC3 and told me (before the start of the 2021-22 season) Dick Hartung needed an assistant coach and asked me to call him. I wound up on the staff last year.”
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