to the All-Region roster and Libby was named Public School Coach of the Year for Osage’s region. The current season’s All-State rosters for Class 1 have yet to be released.If the team continues to follow Libby’s lead, the future looks bright for the Indians.

Honorable mentions:

Scott Blacksher

Osage boys' tennis

Osage tennis coach Scott Blacksher has seen a lot in his 25 years of coaching — the decline of facilities, state champion players, small teams with barely enough players to compete and more.But through it all, he's remained calm and collected and guided his team in 2014 to one of the best seasons in memory. Tennis is usually a forgotten sport in many schools with fewer students playing the sport, much less coaching the sport.But Blacksher has a keen eye forhow individuals can improve their game in a sport reliant on nuance. He can, and does, offer specific points of play that impacts the individual's performance — and never in a condescending or aggressive manner. Take the 2014 team — three seniors with a lot of experience benefitted from Blacksher's advanced technique and strategy tips mid-match. He helped in the meteoric rise of the two sophomores on the team while the youngest and least experienced players received basic instruction crucial to development. With a small team playing as individual, tennis coaches have to tailor instruction to each player, something Blacksher excels at and Osage will have a difficult time replacing in 2015.

J.D. Hunter

Camdenton girls' soccer

After 17 successful seasons at the helm of Laker girls’ soccer, J.D. Hunter is