Varsity Letters: Joppatowne's Waibel is Ravens' Coach of the Week - Baltimore high school sports schedules, news and scores

Joppatowne football coach Bill Waibel was named the Ravens' High School Coach of the Week after guiding the No. 5 Mariners to a 49-30 regional semifinal victory over Bohemia Manor Friday night.

The Mariners (11-0) had not allowed that many points all season, but Waibel said the defense, which came into the game giving up an average of 5.2 points and had not allowed more than 14, played well.

“We had three turnovers in the first half, and it gave them a short field,” Waibel said in a news release. “But we were able to take care of the football in the second half and make adjustments on the offensive line, as far as blocking schemes go. We challenged our team to go out and play to our ability.”

Waibel, whose team plays Havre de Grace for the region title Friday, has been coaching football for 24 years and has been the Mariners' head coach for six. He is the son of the late Poly coach Augie Waibel, a legend in prep football circles who retired with a record of 280-75 and 11 Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference crowns. Augie Waibel was the Ravens' first High School Coach of the Year in 1997, the year he retired.

“First of all, there’s not a coach in the state that had a better mentor than me - as a high school coach and as a father. Not only did I learn a lot about football, with regard to X’s and O’s, but I learned how to treat kids, respect my opponents, love football and give back to the game,” said Waibel in the news release.

Waibel is eighth Baltimore coach to be honored this season by the Ravens, following Patterson's Corey Johnson, Atholton's Kyle Schmitt, Dunbar's Lawrence Smith, Calvert Hall's Donald Davis, Chesapeake-Baltimore County's Mark Junker, River Hill's Brian Van Deusen and Broadneck's Jeff Herrick. North Carolina's James McCormick and Linganore's Rick Conner also have been honored. Each winner receives a $2,000 donation for his school's football program.

One coach will be named the Coach of the Year at the Ravens' Dec. 13 game against the Detroit Lions at M&T Bank Stadium.