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Fischer won’t return to Newport baseball

January 26th, 2010 at Tue, 26th, 2010 at 11:56 am by Joel Willits

Newport baseball coach Brian Fischer will not return to the Newport baseball program, according to Knights athletic director Gill James.

Fischer, who led the Knights to state titles in 1997, 2001 and 2006, has the opportunity to return to the team in 2011. Newport has hired Hal DeBerry to take over this spring. DeBerry spent last season, when the Knights reached the 4A state semifinals, as an assistant coach.

Here’s the full release from Gill James:

Newport high School baseball will be without the services of Brian Fischer this coming Spring 2010 season.  For personal reasons Coach Fischer will not be at the helm for the first time in 15 years.  The door has been left open for a possible return by Coach Fischer in the spring of 2011.  Newport has hired Assistant Coach Hal DeBerry to lead the Knights during the 2010 season.  Coach DeBerry brings and extensive baseball background along with having been on staff last year at Newport.

Under Coach Fischer the Knights won three state titles (97, 01 and 06).  Coach Fischer not only continued the success established by Coach Bob Albo before him but developed the Newport facility to one of the finest high school baseball field in the state.

I always appreciated Brian’s hard work and dedication to his sport.  Newport not only won a lot of games, but more important they won them the right way.  Coach Fischer has always had the highest expectations both on and off the field for players and coaches.  You can never replace a coach like Brian Fischer.  As an athletic director it is people like him that make my job so much easier.

Joel Willits I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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