WORDEN — Iona Stookey’s resume is in a class of its own.
The Huntley Project head coach, now entering her 40 th season and 39 th as the head lady, has amassed a state record 16 state championships and well over 1,000 career wins yet she’s still as fiery and competitive as she was when getting her first gig at 19.
“I still come to practice every day and write the practice plan for all three teams. I'm at junior high practices in the mornings at least once or twice a week and teach P.E. all day, so I hope I'm not lacking and I hope that if I am that somebody would tell me. Probably my husband. He would be the first one," Stookey said.
Stookey is notorious for being a film junkie, pouring hour after hour into studying her opponents and finding where Project can get even the slightest a