THURSTON – Eric Orton has been promoted to head boys basketball coach at his alma mater.
Orton, who starred for Thurston as a senior in 2002 when the Colts won the Midwestern League title and reached the state quarterfinals, has spent the past two seasons as an assistant under Blaine Liberatore after previously serving as head coach at four other area schools.
“The biggest thing for me is that this is where my kids will…
