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When Adrienne (McCollough) Hogan drives by Blue Hill Road in Pearl River, old memories rekindle. It doesn’t matter that they're four-plus decades old. “I’m still scared. I have flashbacks of Sunday-morning runs. 15-mile runs,” she said, laughing about a time that, while often not appreciated then, helped create the person she is today. It’s funny how much impact good coaches can have. And how those coaches can be a jumble of so many things. Relentless. Demanding. Feared. Sometimes maybe even momentarily hated. But also loved. Dan Doherty, who has retired as Pearl River High School’s girls cross-country coach after 46 seasons, was all of the above – maybe all of the above written in caps in indelible ink. A 1974 Pearl River High School graduate, Doherty was a student-teacher and fifth-year senior at Montclair State University when he was recruited to coach a season of Pearl River girls cross-country in 1978. That season morphed into the 46 seasons, plus more than 30 seasons of i...

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