The leader

By Randy Wyrick

You wanted Scott Ward at the controls, whether it was Air Force One or Battle Mountain High School’s Husky football team.Ward piloted both successfully.Ward was always the leader as he moved through his too-short life, from local high school football at Battle Mountain, to commanding thousands of people in the Air Force, to sitting at the controls of Air Force One.“It doesn’t amaze me that the President of the United States says, ‘This is the guy we want in the cockpit,’” said Pat Phelan, one of Ward’s football coaches at Battle Mountain. “Everyone around him said, ‘Scott’s in control. We’re …

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