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IHSAA boys basketball: 23 years after tragedy, Yorktown grad coaching in 1A state final

MUNCIE, Ind. — Whenever Scott McClelland is back in town, he always visits. Not the Yorktown High School gym, where he scored the very first points when it opened in 1993. Not the Muncie Fieldhouse, where he grew up going to games with his dad to watch the Bearcats.

Whenever Scott McClelland visits Muncie, he always stops by the cemetery across from the old BorgWarner plant, to see his sister's grave site. It's a reminder of her tragic death in 1995 and how he first got in to coaching. It's also a reminder

As he coaches Morristown in the Class 1A state championship on Saturday against Southwood, he is adamant that "where I learned some of those core values were from people in Muncie and Yorktown.