A track and field throwing coach at Cocalico High School, Scott Krall has died on Tuesday night 21st of September 2021. Krall has passed away at the age 61.
The cause of Krall’s death has not been announced to the public yet.
Krall, who lived in the Adamstown area, is survived by his wife, Bridget, and son, Jordan.
Krall coached 2014 state javelin champion Jhet Janis at Cocalico. Janis who went on to compete in the javelin and football at the University of Oregon; Kyle Felpel, who threw at the University of Alabama after winning a gold medal in the shot put, silver in the javelin and bronze in the discus in the PIAA state meet in 2012; and Emily Stauffer, who won a state championship in the shot put in 2016 and is a redshirt senior at the University of Missouri.
Tributes
Dave Gingrich said, “I didn’t realize that, It was very, very touching.
“Before every practice, he’d have a story to tell us. It wasn’t even about athletics, it was a life lesson,” Brock Gingrich said of Krall on Wednesday.
“No matter whether a kid was the strongest on the team or threw the shortest, he gave every kid the same amount of time, the same amount of effort, the same amount of enthusiasm.’’
Derr said, “I always enjoyed having a chance to watch him work at meets, He didn’t even need to look at the video, to diagnose what had gone wrong with a throw. It was almost like he had a photographic memory.’’
“I have to give him a ton of credit,’’ Janis said minutes after locking up the gold medal in 2012. “It’s a lot of technique. We worked hard at it, even during football season.’’