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Lebanon names Selander new softball coach

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Rob Selander is a man on the move. In late May, the Lebanon R-3 School Board announced that Selander would be the next head coach of Lebanon’s softball program. His fiancé, Jade Robinett, will serve as the assistant softball coach after former head coach Stan Crum announced his retirement and Josh Phillips resigned in May. Entering his 28th year of coaching fastpitch softball, Selander and Robinett spent the 2020 season coaching at Climax Springs. The Cougars didn’t win a game, but it was a job he never expected to take. “Coach Jade and I were going to take a year off and prepare for our summer wedding, but Covid-19 postponed the wedding to this summer,” he said. “While I was at the barbershop, I ran into an old friend from Climax Springs. The next thing I know, we are at Climax Springs coaching softball and trying to improve their game.  For more on this story see Saturday's LCR.