{"id":87611,"date":"2024-12-24T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T22:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87611"},"modified":"2024-12-25T16:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T23:36:50","slug":"mid-valley-sports-2024-coach-of-the-year-mark-carson-rio-hondo-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87611","title":{"rendered":"Mid Valley Sports 2024 Coach of the Year: Mark Carson &#8211; Rio Hondo Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0097-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0097-1.jpg 765w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0097-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0097-1-52x70.jpg 52w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0097-1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><figcaption>Mark Carson of Rio Hondo Prep is the 2024 Mid Valley Coach of the Year. (Photo by Duane Barker).  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By MVS Staff  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After winning a CIF Division 9 Championship last year many people wondered what Rio Hondo Prep would do for an encore. Well, the Kares were even better in 2024. They won another CIF Championship but this time in Division 7. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Rio Hondo Prep beat Warren 43-16 in the CIF title game, then went on to knock off Poway 28-14 in the Division 3-A State Bowl playoff. The Kares did finally lose in the State Final to Vanden 42-41 but the game wasn&#8217;t decided until the last play of the game in overtime when Rio Hondo Prep was stopped on a two-point conversion attempt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kares won the Gold Coast League and finished 13-2 overall with head coach Mark Carson leading the way. The offense was prolific featuring a running attack that was absolutely devastating to opponents. The Kares rushed for 4,973 yards and 70 touchdowns on the season and averaged just over 42 points per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carson&#8217;s schemes offensively made the Kares nearly impossible to stop. Carson coached, prodded, and guided the team to not only meet last year&#8217;s expectations but exceed them by winning in a division that is two levels higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some may ask &#8216;Hey wasn&#8217;t Carson the Mid Valley Sports Coach of the Year last season?&#8217; The answer is yes. Yes he was.  But when he&#8217;s even better the following season how can he not be again? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Rio Hondo Prep won back-to-back CIF Titles, Mark Carson has won back-to-back Coach of the Year awards. He is our 2024 Coach of the Year.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MVS Staff After winning a CIF Division 9 Championship last year many people wondered what Rio Hondo Prep would do for an encore. Well, the Kares were even better in 2024. They won another CIF Championship but this time in Division 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87611"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87625,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87611\/revisions\/87625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}