Local coach honored

Burns football coach Marv Mirich was recently honored as the 'Coach of the Year' for 2A East Conference. Mirich was also selected as one of the five assistant coaches for the south team at the Shrine Bowl held in Laramie in June.

Mirich was named by Shrine Bowl South team head coach Matt VandeBossche of Lusk and will help select the 36 players for the team. Other assistant coaches selected were Brick Cegelski of Cheyenne Central, Mark Lenhardt of Torrington, Ryan Nelson of Lusk and Zack Scott of H.E.M.

Mirich, along with coaching football, also supports Burns as an assistant basketball coach, track coach, and teacher.