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Published November 01, 2009 01:40 am - BOARDMAN — Jillian Walters could stop coaching this year and still would feel she had been part of something truly special. Regional CC Notebook: Former Falcon rockets to state meet Jillian Walters’ Maplewood girls capture regional title Star Beacon By KARL PEARSON
and BOB ETTINGER Staff Writers BOARDMAN — Jillian Walters could stop coaching this year and still would feel she had been part of something truly special. The former Jillian Headley, a 2003 Jefferson High School graduate and cross country runner, watched her Maplewood Rockets girls team edge Berkshire, 71-72, to claim the Division III regional championship Saturday at Boardman High School. And it’s all been done in her first year of coaching at the school, where she is employed as a Spanish teacher. “I’m so thrilled and proud of these girls,” the daughter of Ron and Shelia Headley, who still reside in Jefferson, said. “I love working with these girls.” Walters has another Jefferson connection. Her husband, Rickey Walters, to whom she has been married for two years, is an assistant football coach at Jefferson High School. Apparently, Walters is gifted with a sense of good timing. “I was teaching out in Lima last year,” the 2007 Mount Vernon Nazarene graduate said. “When I got the job here, the (Maplewood girls coach) was looking to move into administration, so I got this job.” Her background as a runner for current Jefferson girls coach Gary Thaxton apparently paid dividends. In her senior cross country season of 2002, she was a part of Thaxton’s squad that qualified for the regional meet. Maplewood has always been blessed with tremendous cross country tradition, so there might have been some doubts when Walters took over the job with the Rockets, moreso on her part. But she feels she has been embraced by the school and the team. “I love it at Maplewood,” she said. “I love the school and I love the kids. They’re just great. “I’ve been with them since June. They have a big family atmosphere there. I love the bond that the team has there.” Walters has even affectionately been dubbed “El Coche” by the team. She had that moniker emblazoned on the back of the sweatshirt she wore Saturday. The Rockets ran away with the district championship at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds. Thanks to placing Krystal Williams, Haley Gatrell and Erin Pavich in fourth through sixth, Alanna Shamrock in ninth and Christine Drawl in 44th overall, they were able to win for the second straight week. 
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