The Minnesota High School Coaches Association has begun to announce their awards for 2016 spring sports. Lane Powell of Harmony, former girls varsity golf coach for Fillmore Central, has been named the Class A Girls Golf Coach of the Year for the state of Minnesota.
This honor is voted on by all high school golf coaches in the state. Powell coached junior high boys golf for seven years and girls varsity golf for the past five years at Fillmore Central. During that time, the girls team were TRC regular season champions, TRC tournament champions, and Section 1A champions each of the past three years. (2014, 2015, 2016) The team made three MSHSL state tournament appearances and finished third in 2014, runner-up in 2015, and were Class A State Champions this spring.
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