Almost two months after approving the creation of a girls basketball program, the Panhandle School Board has hired head coaches for both the junior high and high school teams.

On Monday, Apr. 15, the board unanimously approved the hire of Carrie Matthews as the head coach of the Lincolnwood Junior High girls basketball team for this upcoming school year. In May, Justin Millburg was hired to serve as the coach of the high school team.

Lincolnwood will sport a girls team at both the junior high and high schools after a number of girls expressed interest in creating a team. Through the 2018-19 school year, girls in the Panhandle district had been traveling to Pawnee to play for their basketball team. Lincolnwood has never had a junior high girls basketball team, and the high school has been without a team since the 1980s.

In other personnel matters, the board accepted the resignation of Joe Webb as assistant boys basketball coach at Lincolnwood High School. Webb first began as an assistant with the team in 2011. His resignation was approved, 6-0, with one board member absent.

The next Panhandle School Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m.