{"id":1615,"date":"2019-08-15T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:54:20","slug":"five-programs-capture-2019-nfca-high-school-regional-coaching-staffs-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"Five programs capture 2019 NFCA High School Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013<\/strong> The NFCA announced its 2019 High School Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year. Five prestigious programs from their respective NFCA regions were chosen for the honor.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners \u2013 Donovan Catholic High School (East), New Palestine High School (North), Academy at the Lakes (South), Louisville Male High School (South Central) and Artesia High School (West) \u2013 captured five state championships and won 143 games. Three programs finished 2019 ranked in the USA Today Sports<\/em>\/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll, one posted an undefeated seasonand finished No. 1 in the poll, while three others won consecutive state titles, including a three-peat.<\/p>\n

These schools are now eligible for the national award, which will be announced on August 23.<\/p>\n

East Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donovan Catholic High School (Toms River, N.J.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head Coach<\/strong> \u2013Deborah Schwartz <\/p>\n

Assistant Coaches<\/strong> \u2013  Dawn Dziedzic, Corey Schwartz, Kathleen Sharp, Jordan Weed<\/p>\n

Steered Donovan Catholic to a 30-2 mark, No. 1 state ranking and the No. 17 spot in the USA Today Sports<\/em>\/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll \u2026 Under her watch, the Griffins won the class “B” South, South Jersey Parochial A State and overall Parochial A State Championship\u2026 Capped off 2019 by defeating all group state champions and capturing the New Jersey Tournament of Champions.<\/p>\n

North Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Palestine (Ind.) High School
Head Coach<\/strong> \u2013 Ed Marcum
Assistant Coaches<\/strong> \u2013 Alyssa Dillard, Michelle Hokl, Audrey East, Matt Hayden<\/p>\n

Guided New Palestine to a 29-3 record and its third straight state championship\u2026 It was the first three-peat in Indiana High School softball history\u2026  Finished No. 11 in the USA Today Sports<\/em>\/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll.<\/p>\n

South Region<\/strong> \u2013 Academy at the Lakes (Land O\u2019 Lakes, Fla.)
Head Coach<\/strong> \u2013 Diane Stephenson
Assistant Coaches<\/strong> – John Counts, Robbie Blankenship, Jordyn Counts<\/p>\n

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Back-to-back FHSAA 2A state champions\u2026 Finished 2019 with a 19-7 record\u2026 First Pasco County program and just the third area school to win consecutive state titles\u2026 10 of 19 victories came via the run rule\u2026 22-1 against 2A programs the last two seasons, outscoring those opponents, 231-13.<\/p>\n

South Central Region<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Louisville (Ky.) Male High School
Head Coach<\/strong> \u2013 Josh Bloomer
Assistant Coaches<\/strong> \u2013 Annie Gordon, Erika Downey, Ron Pence<\/p>\n

Posted a 39-0 mark and won the 2019 KHSAA state championship\u2026 Finished No. 1 in the USA Today Sports<\/em>\/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll\u2026 On their way to the title, the Bulldogs outscored their opponents 341-39 and scored the most runs in a single season by a Jefferson County Public School fastpitch program\u2026 Additionally, the season included the largest run differential per game, fewest runs allowed per game, and most runs scored per game for a KHSAA state champion since 2002.<\/p>\n

West Region<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Artesia (N.M.) High School 
Head Coach<\/strong> \u2013 Sandra Pulido
Assistant Coaches<\/strong> \u2013 Casey Crandall, Monica Reyes, Breanne Naylor, Jayde Burnell <\/p>\n

Captured New Mexico\u2019s 4A state title for the second straight year\u2026 Finished the season 26-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013 The NFCA announced its 2019 High School Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year. Five prestigious programs from their respective NFCA regions were chosen for the honor. This year\u2019s winners \u2013 Donovan Catholic High School (East), New Palestine High School (North), Academy at the Lakes (South), Louisville Male High School (South Central) and Artesia…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}