Softball: Park View Coach Ed Abner Won't Return in 2013

(Oct. 17, 2012) - Park View High School softball coach Ed Abner told his players over the summer that he won't return to coach the team in 2013. Abner stepped down after seven seasons leading the Patriots to concentrate on his duties as an assistant football coach at Broad Run High School.

Abner exits with an overall 91-67 mark at Park View. In 2012 and 2011 the Patriots went 6-15 with fewer travel-based players than other area programs.

"I really enjoy coaching football and I decided it was time to pick one sport or the other," said Abner.


In 2010, the Patriots advanced to the Region II tournament as Dulles District runner-ups. Park View

In 2009, Park View snapped Broad Run's 67-game winning streak against Dulles District opponents with a 3-0 win over the Spartans in the district tournament semifinals. Abner called likened that win to the U.S. Hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" victory over the Russians. Park View was edged by Briar Woods, 4-3, in the district finals.

In 2007, Park View was neck and neck with Broad Run but the Patriots were stunned by Loudoun County, 4-1, in the district tournament semifinals. Loudoun County knocked off Park View once again in 2008 in the district semifinals.

In Abner's first season as the head coach for the Patriots in 2006, behind All-Met senior pitcher Brittany Gardner, advanced to the Region II tournament before ending the season with a 20-4 mark. Park View and Broad Run locked up in the finals of the Dulles District tournament that year in an epic 14-inning duel that was won 1-0 by the Spartans.

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