Hermon High School has filled out its varsity coaching roster for the upcoming school year.

Hermon native Ann Redman has been named varsity field hockey coach, while Kelly Crowell takes over the school’s cross country program and Bill Reynolds will coach the Hawks’ golf team, according to athletic director Paul Soucy.

Redman is no stranger to Hermon field hockey. She and her sisters all played field hockey during their high school days at Hermon, and more recently she has served as the Hermon Middle School coach.

Redman replaces Amy Laughlin, who resigned after three seasons.

“Ann’s done a good job with the middle school program,” said Soucy. “She’s had a good turnout, and the middle school team has done quite well over the years.

“Ann loves the sport of field hockey, she’s dedicated to Hermon, and she wants to build the program to a point where it can be competitive and go to the playoffs.”

Hermon is just 5-36-1 in Class B field hockey over the last three years. The Hawks finished 2-12 last fall, but will have a strong contingent of returning players this year as well as a large freshman class.

Redman and returning junior varsity coach Brianna Lane also are expected to work closely with the next middle school coach in an effort to enhance the continuity between the two programs.

“She’s still interested in developing field hockey players at the middle school level,” Soucy said.

Crowell is a former track and cross country standout at Fryeburg Academy who went on to graduate from the University of Maine with a background in psychology and kinesiology.

Hired as an educational technician at Hermon Middle School, she originally was named the middle school cross country coach, but when the high school position opened with the retirement of Cliff Small, Crowell applied for that job.

Hermon’s cross country program has struggled with numbers, particularly in the boys ranks, in recent years, Soucy said.

Crowell hopes to address that in part by working closely with the middle school program to encourage participation in cross country at an early age.

“Another thing Kelly stresses is the importance of the healthy aspect of cross country, the fitness element and the lifelong aspect of running,” Soucy said.

Reynolds, a Wiscasset High School and University of Maine graduate, is a veteran coach in several sports, among them golf, basketball and soccer.

He most recently has served as girls junior varsity basketball coach at Hampden Academy, as well as an educational technician and middle school athletic director in Hermon.

“He has a variety of coaching experiences over the last 10 or 12 years,” said Soucy.

Reynolds replaces longtime Hermon golf coach Ned Collins, who retired as a teacher in Hermon a year ago and had commuted to the coaching job last season from his home in midcoast Maine.

Hermon has a strong recent golf history, winning the Penobscot Valley Conference title two years ago and finishing second by a single stroke last fall. The Hawks graduated three of their top five golfers from last year’s team: Adam Duplisea, Brett Danforth and Thomas McGown.

“We feel Bill has the experience to help build the program back up,” said Soucy. “He’s taught golf before, and he has an excellent background of playing in high school and college.”

Rogers, P.I.’s Lavway honored

Former Mount Ararat of Topsham standout Mark Rogers has been named 2004 player of the year by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association.

He previously was named to the All-District 1 team where he was joined by three other Mainers: Chad Lavway of Presque Isle, Stephen Melville of Yarmouth and Brent Williams of Mount Ararat.

Rogers went 9-1 with 164 strikeouts in 67 1/3 innings and a 0.43 earned run average this spring in leading the Eagles to their second straight Eastern Maine Class A championship.

The righthander also was the No. 5 overall selection in June’s amateur baseball draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, and currently is playing in that team’s Arizona League rookie club after agreeing to a contract with an estimated $2.2 million signing bonus.

Rogers was the only New Englander named to the first, second or third All-American team.