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Golden Valley celebrating Hunter’s 400 wins before Turlock game on Friday

Merced Sun-Star Staff
Golden Valley head coach Keith Hunter speaks to his players during a game against Merced at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Golden Valley High is honoring Hunter for reaching 400 career wins with a short ceremony on Friday prior to the start of the varsity game against Turlock at Cougar Arena.
Golden Valley head coach Keith Hunter speaks to his players during a game against Merced at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Golden Valley High is honoring Hunter for reaching 400 career wins with a short ceremony on Friday prior to the start of the varsity game against Turlock at Cougar Arena. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com

Golden Valley High School will be holding a short ceremony to honor Cougars boys basketball coach Keith Hunter topping the 400-win mark this season.

The ceremony will take place in between the junior varsity and varsity games against Turlock on Friday night at Cougar Arena. Former Golden Valley players will be present. Former players are asked to arrive at the game between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m.

Hunter has compiled a 411-236 record during his 23-year tenure at Golden Valley. He’s led the Cougars to six Central California Conference championships.

Merced-Golden Valley alumni game

There will be a Merced-Golden Valley boys basketball alumni game on this Saturday at Merced High in the new gymnasium. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Former Bears and Cougars players can register to play online at https://mercedgvalumni.weebly.com/.

This story was originally published January 29, 2018 at 4:11 PM with the headline "Golden Valley celebrating Hunter’s 400 wins before Turlock game on Friday."

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