Biography:
My name is Claire Kapral and this is my first season as the LCN varsity girls' basketball coach. Previously, I coached the varsity softball team at Chippewa Valley High School for six seasons. At the end of the 2019 season, I decided to take a step back to focus on having a family. In February of 2021, I welcomed my son. I knew in my heart my high school coaching days were probably over as I navigated raising a family, but always held a special spot for varsity basketball if the opportunity presented itself - and here I am!
I am currently a health teacher at the Chippewa Valley 9th Grade Center. I attended Albion College where I played one year of basketball and three years of softball. Additionally, I refereed the MAC and BWAC leagues during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
COACHING ACCOLADES:
- 2018 Macomb County Softball Coach of the Year
- 2018 District Softball Coach of the Year
- 2018 MAC White Softball Coach of the Year
- 2017 Macomb County Softball Coach of the Year
- 2017 MAC White Softball Coach of the Year
PLAYING ACCOLADES:
Bob Cannon.
Assistant Coach
Biography:
Coach Bob started his coaching career as the assistant varsity boys' basketball coach at St. Anthony’s school in Detroit in 1968. He has coached ever since because of his love of sports and of the kids he gets to work with and he enjoys having an impact on student-athletes' lives in a positive way. Bob has coached baseball, softball, track, and boys and girls basketball at the little league level all the way up to the high school varsity level.
In high school, he lettered in 4 varsity sports—Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Track. In college, Bob played one year of football and 4 years of varsity baseball at Wayne State University. Go Tartars! He was severely injured his senior year (1971) and was never able to play competitively again. Bob has coached all 4 of his children's teams as they were growing up.
His goals are to win of course, but more importantly, to teach the benefit of never giving up and continuing to improve so that you can win. Also, sports provide a way to teach athletes that the sun will rise tomorrow no matter what the outcome of today's events happened to be.