River Hill's Lauer named National Cross Country Coach of the Year

One of the county’s longest tenured coaches has received some well-deserved recognition on the national level. River Hill’s Early Lauer, who has spent more than four decades in Howard County coaching wrestling, cross country and track in a variety of roles, was selected by the National Federation of State High School Associations Coaches Association as 2012 National Coach of the Year for boys cross country.

By Brent Kennedy, bkennedy@patuxent.com

January 11, 2013