Editor’s Note: This story was written just days before coach Kathy Snyder suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on Friday, Jan. 24. A memorial service was scheduled to be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Southern Regional High School gymnasium.

Back in the 1990s, when this writer first started reporting on the high school sports scene in Southern Ocean County, the Southern Regional girls basketball team was a power.