GOLDTHWAITE — Keith Virdell, who guided the Sudan Hornets to a 9-2 record last year, was hired this past Wednesday as the new head football coach of the Goldthwaite Eagles. "We had 58 applicants, and Coach Virdell was the cream of the crop," said Rusty Hollingsworth, principal at Goldthwaite High School. "He's exactly what we need as a head coach during a time with a lot of drama going on. He will guide our athletic program out of that situation." The drama includes the departures of six of the eight Goldthwaite High School and Middle School boys' coaches — at last count...
