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Coach of the Year: Brandon Weaver
Vitals: Monache High
He’s qualified because: In his first season as Monache’s boys coach, Weaver directed the Marauders to a 28-3 record and the Central Section Division II championship. Two of the Marauders’ three losses were to Golden West, the team they beat 11-8 for the D-II title. Weaver also directed Monache to a 12-0 run through the East Yosemite League, the San Luis Obispo Tournament championship and a second-place finish at the Visalia Tournament.
Defining moment: A 7-6 loss to Golden West in the final of the Visalia Tournament set the stage for the Marauders’ title run. After falling behind 4-0 in the first quarter, Monache outscored the Trailblazers 6-2 the rest of the way. The Marauders proceeded to win 18 straight games and their third D-II title in four seasons. “My gut told me that was probably going to be the last game we’d lose the way they turned it around," Weaver said. "They really jelled in that game,” Weaver said.
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Jonathan Sanchez
School: Buchanan
Year: Junior
Events: 1,600, 3,200
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2009 Boys Golf All-Star Team
There was a time when Michael Weaver’s parents couldn’t get him near a golf course. Now they can’t pull him away.
It’s that dedication to the sport since an early age that paid off in a brilliant 2009 season for Clovis West and culminated with The Bee’s Boys Golfer of the Year honor.
“People say he’s a natural. But if they only knew how hard he works, there’s nothing natural to it,” Golden Eagles coach Tom Deel said. “No one has a better work ethic.”
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Coach of the Year: Marty Simpson
School: Buchanan
He's qualified because: With the loss of four-year section and state standout Lauren Saylor (University of Washington), Simpson managed to rally his girls team to clinch the Central Section Division I title and win the TRAC championship by a 35-point margin over Clovis East.
Defining moment: Bears placed five runners in top 13 to win their eighth consecutive D-I section title. Five underclassmen, including two sophomores and a freshman pulled through by placing in the eighth through 11th spots. Buchanan won the section title by a 25-point spread over Clovis East, and then went on to finish 13th in the D-I state race among 23 teams.
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Marc Wolfe
Vitals: Monache, senior
Need to know: Wolfe capped a four-year career by being named the MVP of the East Yosemite League and the Division II tournament while leading Marauders to their third section title in four seasons.
He had 102 goals, 47 assists, 74 steals and he drew 28 ejections.
School: Buchanan
He’s qualified because: In maybe the most impressive triple delivered by a high school track and field coach in Central Section history, Weaver won the boys section title — the school’s first — placed second by a point in the girls and then, while continuing to manage his program, co-directed a 1,200-athlete state meet at Buchanan that knocked the Nikes off CIF officials.
While his girls had won three section championships, his boys had placed second six times in 14 years before dominating this season’s field by 45 1/5 points.
He said it: “There was a lot of early morning and late nights, but the time had to come from somewhere. This sport has done a lot for me personally. I get a lot back from those kids, so I try to give a lot back to them. I want them to say, ‘This is outstanding, one of the greatest things I’ve been a part of.’ If I can do that, it’s really, really important.” — Weaver
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2009 Boys Track & Field All-Star Team
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