WEYMOUTH— There were two new faces patrolling the sidelines at the Weymouth High School gymnasium Thursday night.

Not only was it opening night for girls basketball, it was also the Bay State Conference coaching debut for Needham’s Lindsay Miller and Weymouth’s Leshon Crawford.

While the game marked the start of a new chapter for both coaches, neither are strangers to the local basketball scene. Miller graduated from Westwood in 2004 before playing at Harvard. Crawford, a Rockland native, played football at Curry College.

After two years as the JV coach at Mashpee, Crawford accepted the Weymouth role with the Wildcats coming off a 0-20 season. While it may not seem like the ideal situation, he sees the opportunity as a clean slate.

“I think this year for me, it’s just building that cul

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