Players and coaches for the Riverton Rams and Galena Bulldogs Football Teams knelt and prayed together for Riverton Head Basketball Coach, Brandon Pate, following their CNC League game in Galena, Friday. Coach Pate’s wife, Paige Christiansen Pate teaches Spanish in both school districts. Galena won the contest, 42-24. Courtesy Photo.
Brandon Pate, the new boys’ basketball head coach at Riverton High School and a former All-American at Pittsburg State, died unexpectedly Sunday.
He was 45.
Riverton superintendent Todd Berry released a statement late Monday morning, “The board of education, faculty and staff of Riverton USD 404 are deeply saddened by the passing of Coach Brandon Pate and offer our condolences to his immediate and e…
