By Mary Jane Souder
They’re a family, the Lady Panther family, and those who are part of that family insist there’s nothing quite like it.
“A lot of us have grown up together since elementary school,” said Stacey Smalls, a 1999 Cheltenham graduate. “We’ve known each other for 20-some years.
“This is like a sisterhood. Even coming in as a freshman and playing with Brandi Butler and Talia Wheeler and all those names – they took me in, and it’s been like that throughout the years. It’s awesome.”
Granted, few players anywhere have experienced the kind of success those who have been part of Cheltenham’s basketball program during Bob Schaefer’s 31 years at the helm have experienced.