{"id":347958,"date":"2026-06-24T03:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347958\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:01:43","slug":"brewers-josh-richards-named-softball-coach-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347958\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewer\u2019s Josh Richards named Softball Coach of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WSBrewerVsMontgomeryLC_UILState_252905_MM_26.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"White Settlement Brewer head coach Josh Richards walks toward his dugout after taking a mound visit in the UIL Class 5A Division II state softball championship game against Montgomery Lake Creek at Red &amp; Charline McCombs field in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 29, 2026.\" alt=\"White Settlement Brewer head coach Josh Richards walks toward his dugout after taking a mound visit in the UIL Class 5A Division II state softball championship game against Montgomery Lake Creek at Red &amp; Charline McCombs field in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 29, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        White Settlement Brewer head coach Josh Richards walks toward his dugout after taking a mound visit in the UIL Class 5A Division II state softball championship game against Montgomery Lake Creek at Red &amp; Charline McCombs field in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Miles Meador<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the 2026 Fort Worth-area High School Softball Coach of the Year: White Settlement Brewer\u2019s Josh Richards.<\/p>\n<p>Richards, also the girls athletic coordinator at Brewer High School, led the Bears to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315944268.html\">Class 5A Division II state championship<\/a> game, where they fell 6-5 to Lake Creek. In a breakthrough season, Brewer made its first state semifinal and final appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Brewer became the first school located in Fort Worth in the history of University Interscholastic League softball to make a state final.<\/p>\n<p>They finished 9-3 in one of Texas\u2019 toughest districts and found a groove in the postseason, sweeping through the regional semifinals. Brewer was challenged by Abilene Wylie in the regional finals but an 11-3 Game 3 victory extended its season.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears\u2019 had a relatively young roster with five underclassmen starters, showing experience beyond their years under Richards\u2019 guidance. With a flurry of productive returners, they\u2019ll have the talent and knowledge to continue the success in the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s note: The 2026 All-Area Softball individual awards will be released Wednesday, and the full 2026 Fort Worth All-Area Team will be revealed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 23, 2026 at 1:35 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782270103_977_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Settlement Brewer head coach Josh Richards walks toward his dugout after taking a mound visit in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-347958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}