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CITY, N.D (NewsDakota.com) Valley City Public Schools Activities Department has announced James Howard as the new head girls basketball coach for the Hi-Liners.

Last season Coach Howard was the girls JV coach and an assistant under Waylan Starr. together they led Valley City to a 15-9 season record and an appearance in the Class A State Tournament in Minot. Howard is currently is in his second year as an educator in Valley City working with the Sheyenne Valley Special Education Unit. He is also currently  serving as a junior high football coach and the head track coach for Valley City Junior High.

Before coming to Valley City, Coach Howard was an assistant men’s basketball coach under Chad Walthall at Minnesota State University in Moorhead and an assistant coach for the boys’ basketball team at Pine City High School in Minnesota.