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• Coach of the Year: Stephen Mosher

  Coach of the Year: Stephen Mosher

  School: Clovis West

  He's qualified because: Added to his own coaching record with a 14th Central Section championship -- and second in a row -- in 2011. Clovis West capped an 18-14 season with a 13-11 overtime victory over top-seeded Buchanan in the Division I final.

  Wild ride: Mosher's second-seeded Golden Eagles -- who entered the postseason with a mediocre 15-14 record despite returning five starters and 11 players overall from last season's title-wining team -- saved their best water polo for last, beating Clovis East 16-6 in the quarterfinals, topping Clovis 7-4 in the semifinals, then overcoming a two-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to upset Buchanan, which entered the title game 28-4. Mosher knew his team had talent -- as evidenced by a pair of one-goal losses to Buchanan during Tri-River Athletic Conference play -- but wasn't sure if they were ever going to put it all together. "It was one of the strangest years I've had in that regard," Mosher said. "We had a lot of talent and kids who

• Coach of the Year: Brian Weaver

  Coach of the Year: Brian Weaver

  School: Buchanan

  He's qualified because: The Bears' girls Central Section Division I title was the 10th he's delivered in boys and girls cross country and track and field. And the nine-time Bee Coach of the Year did so this time without a senior while extending the program's consecutive section title streak to 11.

  "There is a lot of pride in ," he says. "I don't want to say we take it for granted, but it is one of our goals. You don't hear of many teams having that kind of success."

• Coach of the Year: Rich Parris

  Coach of the Year: Rich Parris

  School: Madera South

  He's qualified because: Extended one of the most impressive coaching streaks in all Central Section sports, winning not only a fourth straight section title with the Stallions' boys -- this in Division II -- but also a ninth straight for boys cross country in the section overall. He had delivered five consecutive D-I championships previously up the road at Madera.

  "I'm very lucky, I'm amazed," he says before pointing to assistants Ernest Velarde (also with him at Madera) and Kelly Valmonte. "You're only as good as people around you, and they are phenomenal. We all work together with the same mindset, same drive, same love for kids and same willingness to confront a kid if he blows it."

• Central Section's best have earned CIF football bowl bids

  Central Section's best have earned CIF football bowl bids

  Is the season over for the Central Section's football teams after the final four division championships took place Friday night?

• Central High football coach Casey Quinn out after 4 years

  Central High football coach Casey Quinn out after 4 years

  Casey Quinn has resigned as football coach at Central High for personal reasons, closing a four-year run mixed with highs and lows, and creating a vacancy that's sure to draw considerable interest.