Polson's Owen is Coach of the Year

by The Daily Inter Lake
| December 31, 2011 12:08 AM

Polson girls golf coach Bill Owen is the Class A Montana Coaches Association Coach of the Year for 2011.

Owen led the Lady Pirates to Class A state title the weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Hamilton.

The Pirates had four players finish in the top 15 spots individually en route to a 784 two-day total. Livingston was second with 804. Laurel shot 806 for third and Whitefish was fourth at 813.

Other coachdes voted as coaches of the year for their respective fall sports are as follows:

Football

Class AA Pat Murphy, Helena Capital

Class A Terry Thomas, Beaverhead Co.

Class B Les Meyer, Fairfield

Class C Kevin Clausen, Fairview (8-man)

Class C Scott Sparks, Denton (6-man)

Volleyball

Class AA Sheila Williams, Helena

Class A Tara Taylor, Fergus

Class B Iona Stookey, Huntley Project

Class C Jill Ayers, Manhattan Christian

Boys Golf

Class AA Rob Bazant, Billings West

Class Owen Burch, Hamilton

Girls' Golf

Class AA Pat Darbro, Bozeman & Eric Mankins, Butte (tie)

Class A Bill Owen, Polson.

Boys' Cross Country

Class AA Clint May, Bozeman

Class A Joanne Cleveland, Corvallis

Class B John Sillitti, Manhattan

Class C David Solem, Culbertson

Girls' Cross County

Class AA Clint May, Bozeman

Class A Joanne Cleveland, Corvallis

Class B Rod Karst, Glasgow

Class C Mark Garber, Belt/Centerville