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title: "DSST: Stapleton boys basketball coach thrives on his youth"
description: "NEWS:CHSAA: STP alumni Soco Sandoval returns to DSST to coach"
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# [DSST: Stapleton boys basketball coach thrives on his youth](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/dsst-stapleton-boys-basketball-coach-thrives-on-his-youth)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 03/04/19

Sometimes an age gap is overrated. That certainly appears to be the case for the boys basketball team at DSST: Stapleton.

The Knights are the No. 8 seed in the [Class 3A state tournament](https://chsaanow.com/2019-02-26/3a-boys-basketball-state-tournament-bracket-2019/). They begin play on Friday when they host No. 25 Pagosa Springs. They aren't just looking for a single win, however. They have every intention of making it to the University of Denver for the 3A Great 8 next weekend.

"That's what we've been focusing on," coach Soco Sandoval said. "Now we take it one game at time so we'll focus on who we have first and take care of our business there."

 

[Read the full article here.](https://chsaanow.com/2019-02-28/dsst-stapleton-boys-basketball-coach-soco-sandoval-thrives-on-his-youth/)

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