Mark Engesser, Colorado Springs Christian: For the second year in a row it was one loss — really one bad quarter — that derailed an otherwise perfect season for the Lions. That doesn’t take away from the job Mark Engesser did in his first season at the helm. Under his direction, CSCS showed the moxie to navigate a difficult 3A schedule with perfection. The best indication of his handling of his team came against its toughest area measuring stick — Manitou Springs. In the first game, at Manitou, CSCS needed overtime to finally pull away for a seven-point victory. In the second game, the Lions handled business at home in regulation by three points. By the time the teams met for a third time in the district championship, CSCS had distanced itself from the Mustangs and won by 15. Engesser orchestrated this while coaching his Division-I bound son, Nate, which can often be a complication. The only thing complicating the season was a loss to Holy Family in the round of eight at state in which a 21-0 run spanning 6 minutes in the second quarter thwarted the team’s championship plans. Tough to discard more than four months of success and progress because of one 6-minute nightmare.