Marko hired at Spring Cove

  As I reported in last Friday's Bedford Gazette and on this blog, Claysburg is looking for a new varsity wrestling coach after the resignation of longtime coach Dave Marko.
  While the Bulldogs are now advertising to fill the position, Marko has landed in a new spot, in the Spring Cove School District as its junior high coach. The item was up for vote during Monday's school board committee meeting at Spring Cove, and Marko confirmed to me this afternoon that he was hired to take over.
   Marko compiled remarkable achievements in the varsity ranks at Claysburg, which you can see a synopsis of in my last blog post - Marko will be missed at CK.
   I'm very interested to see who ultimately lands at Claysburg. While there may not be the top-level talent there now that has been in the CK colors during much of Marko's time, it is still regarded as a very good job. And I'm not sure how many in-house candidates may apply. On a side note, Claysburg is also looking for a new athletic director, so that may be the first move to be made before hiring a new wrestling coach.
   Marko's move to Spring Cove, where he lives and his three kids attend school, is also interesting because three prominent names to wrestling in my coverage area are now there. Last year, former Northern Bedford junior high coach Mike Shippy took over as head coach at Martinsburg Central High School, and he brought former NB coach and three-time state champion Jan Clark with him to assist.