Has Central begun cleaning house with Lohrey not being renewed?

Less than a week before Christmas, not all the prep news emanating from Hernando County was cheery.
Central High Head Football Coach Cliff Lohrey learned he would not return for a fifth season.
For anyone who recently relocated here, the Bears suffered their worst season in 21 campaigns, finishing 1-9.
The one win was originally a 19-0 loss to Ocala-West Port. But the Wolf Pack utilized an ineligible player and eventually forfeited the Oct. 9 win.
Lohrey finished 19-22 overall.
 
Lohrey's highs, lows
 
Lohrey's fall was a precipitous one.
In his first year, he guided CHS to a district championship and came within one second of notching the school's first-ever playoff win, losing to Daytona Beach-Seabreeze, 21-20.
He was named as Hernando Today's Coach of the Year following his first two seasons.
In his third season, the CHS talent pool continued to thin out as the Bears dipped to 4-6. The 2008 season included a forfeit win over archrival Nature Coast Technical.
This fall, the CHS fans endured a team that set a school record for futility as the Bears were shutout five times.
Offensively, CHS scored a school-record low 64 points, eclipsing the 1992's 69-point total.
Defensively, CHS was gashed for 424 points, permitting an average of 42.4 points per game. In the process, CHS was torched for 61 touchdowns.
Despite the program's latest downward spiral, should Coach Lohrey have been given a pink slip? Is coaching all about wins and losses?
Lohrey began the season with a stacked deck against him with only 28 rostered players in Hernando County's largest public school.
In his defense, his four best players never played five full games.
His starting quarterback, a first-year signal caller, took the majority or reps in the spring drills, during the summer passing league and when the team returned in August.
When quarterback Artie Gartner got hurt, he joined a trio of the Bears' finest players, Steven Read, Brody Judd, and Nick Rosario, already on the crowded sidelines.
Could Hernando, Springstead, or even Nature Coast have survived the severity of an injury bug that plagued CHS?
Despite all the adversity, Lohrey was a standup guy.
In the face of mounting losses, player injuries and lack of production from his tiny squad, Lohrey said during the season, "We can't worry about who is not here and who can't play. Injuries are part of the game."
For his part, CHS Athletic Director Jeff Spivey notified the media that Lohrey's departure "was not his call."
With outgoing Principal Dennis McGeehan busy with his relocation to Weeki Wachee High, one is left to wonder whether incoming Principal Joe Clifford has begun a shakeup of Bear athletics. Remember Clifford was the principal at nearby West Hernando Middle School before he was reassigned last year to J.D. Floyd K-8.
Clifford would appear to be a perfect man for the job. He has a clear perception of Bear athletics since the Golden Eagles served as CHS' feeder school for years.
Regardless of who made the call and why, Lohrey isn't talking. Hernando Today messages to him were not returned.
For now, Lohrey continues to serve as the girls' weightlifting coach. (Though he was not present in the Lady Bears' last match on Dec. 16 at Springstead).
Spivey indicated the search for the school's seventh head coach will begin after the holidays.
In the event Lohrey does not return, Hernando Countians will surely miss his character, his quick wit, and rapport with players, coaches, fans and anyone else on and off the field.
 
HCA breaks through
 
Hernando Christian Academy's boys basketball team - all seven members - finally broke into the win column this past week behind a 41-35 over First Academy of Leesburg. Sam Kautsky paced the Lions with 15 points.
First-year skipper Matt Bucklin's team now stands 1-7.
With HCA's win that leaves only the Springstead varsity girls' basketball team (0-10 overall) as the county's last winless winter program.
Another first-year mentor, SHS' Harriet Mason, is struggling with a tiny roster (8 players) and huge gap in the talent pool.
 
Lady Eagles suffer first loss
 
In Monday's quad girls weightlifting meet at River Ridge, Ridgewood walked away with a narrow three-point win over Springstead, 47-44, followed by Lecanto (36) and River Ridge (33).
Three Springstead lifters suffered their initial losses including: seniors Jennifer Rosino at 199, Andreanna Marks at 183 and Olivia D'Acunto at 169.
The biggest surprise for the Eagles was the performance of sophomore Stephanie Jeffords at 129 and senior Jen Dragonchuk's continued excellence at 139. Both Jeffords and Dragonchuk won their respective weight divisions.
The return of some of the Lady Eagles walking wounded - are you listening, Brittany Morgan, Victoria Bocchio? - may spur the Lady Eagles (4-1) earn their fourth straight county title on Jan. 20.
On the bad news front, Hernando High's program has such few numbers (nine on the roster) that scheduled Dec. 23 tri-match against Central and Springstead at HHS was canceled.
HHS' second-year Head Coach Shawn Bingham said due to the Leopards' poor numbers, the match would not be made up.
As a result, both SHS and Central lose a valuable meet from their schedules.