It felt good for Corona’s team to get down to the business of playing football against someone other than their own players in practice, even if it was only a scrimmage against Mountain Pointe, after a month of turmoil and controversy surrounding the team. Mountain Pointe, boasting a 12-1 record last season, looked sharp against [...]
One Kyrene Corridor 12-year-old proved that you can do almost anything if you set your mind to it by winning the Junior Olympics National Championship Pentathlon Midget Boys Category after training for only two months. Austin Hornbaker, a seventh grader at Aprende Middle School, says he didn’t even think about competing in the pentathlon until [...]
Hopes of launching a new era for the Corona del Sol football team got a serious setback in July when school officials suspended new head coach Zane Zamenski for using what was said to be inappropriate language during pre-season training sessions. The Aztec squad had a 4-6 record last season and missed the playoffs. Bringing [...]
Corona’s football players have been busy this summer adapting to a few offensive and defensive schemes and overall athlete expectations by participating in workouts, passing leagues and weight training under new head coach Zane Zamenski. “Summer football workouts and summer passing leagues have been very productive,” said Zamenski. “We are currently finishing off our Aztec Athletic [...]
Corona del Sol’s athletic teams playing such “individual” sports as golf, swimming and tennis will fall under the new AIA regional and state tournament changes this season. The rest of the teams will not be affected until a year later. Aztec athletic teams that did not finish as state champions or runners-up in 2009-10 gained [...]
East Valley Sol will be holding another event to generate funding for charitable causes with its sixth annual Old Balls Golf Tournament Saturday, April 24, at Ahwatukee Country Club. “We hope to raise $25,000 to $50,000 this year to help families in need, Little Leagues and other youth sports organizations,” said Tim Vasquez, one of [...]
The Aztec wrestling team, touting seven seniors, captured its second straight 5A-I state team tournament Feb. 21 at Tempe High School. It was only the second title for Corona in a wrestling program started 30 years ago by former coach Dave Vibber, who retired last year after winning the Aztecs’ first championship. The Aztecs did [...]
Zane Zamenski will succeed long-time Corona del Sol football coach Gary Venturo, who headed up the Aztec program for 22 years. Zamenski, 47, will be only the third head football coach in Corona’s 32-year history. “Mr. Zamenski comes to Corona with an extensive football coaching background at a variety of levels and we feel he [...]
Corona del Sol’s girls soccer team made headlines in this season’s 5A-I state tournament, coming in as the No. 15 seed and making it all the way to the finals before succumbing to No. 1 Xavier. With their Cinderella-like story of ascending through higher-ranked teams, the Lady Aztecs now have the distinction of being the [...]
With only two returning golfers from last season, Corona’s girls golf team was not expected to be in the mix at the 5A-I state golf tournament. Instead, the Lady Aztecs hung on for a fifth-place finish behind perennial favorites Xavier Prep and Hamilton. “I am really proud of the girls for the effort they put [...]