Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 by Scott Garland

Coach Marlo has once again won the Coach of the Year award for the central florida area. Blake Dietrich took home player of the year. Both very much deserved these awards. Coach Marlo has another 20 win season under his belt and on his way to the district tournament. Last year he walked away district champions for the first time in school history. Can he be the only baseball coach to ever win back to back titles for West Orange?

Blake on the mound this year has been nearly unhittable. He has shut down just about everyone he has seen. He has been close to a no hitter giving it up in the seventh only to in his next start complete the no hitter. This might be Blake's best performance as a Warrior. He picked a great time to do it as he is a senior this year.

We here at West Orange baseball would like to thank everyone who voted for our guys for these awards. We also would like to wish the best to Blake as well as Coach Marlo in the next few weeks as they try to fight there way to the state championship. Good Luck Warriors!!