New Prairie boys - Departing Coach Mike Bauer
NEW CARLISLE, Ind. -- (Updated 3/16) 95.7 Redeemer Radio is reporting that Coach Bauer is resigning after four years (47-53) at NP. He led the Cougars to a sectional title in 2021. Coach has won 124 games and two Sectional titles during a nine year career. Last year’s Cougars finished 9-14 mark after they graduated their top three scorers. It showed as NP struggled all season to find consistent scorers. Incoming coach will likely see more of the same, as a core of seniors departs again. Good Varsity Clubber reports a handful of srs-2-b are expected back, some with a couple of varsity letters already on their jacket. However,g iven the schedule that the Cougars play, those leaders are undersized (5-10s.) What size they do have (6-4 underclassmen) will have their hands full. Post season honors don’t always translate in accuracy, but Varsity Clubber does point out that NP will return exactly zero all-conference players from this year. ..even digging as deep as honorable mention. JV was very competitive finishing at 12-11. No word regarding middle school teams, but Eled feeder program already in place. No teaching openings yet.
