The Aztecs set their major goal soon after last season: Work hard in the off season to win more games than they did last season. It is a simple goal, but at the same time, a difficult one to attain when playing 5A Division I football against some of the best teams in the state. [...]
Corona del Sol graduateMike Felton has been named to Second Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America for his performance playing second baseman at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C.Felton, part of Corona’s 2009 state championship baseball team, was also named by the American Baseball Coaches Association to the Second Team All-American [...]
Corona Football Corona’s football players, under new head coach Tom Joseph, took on a new challenge that may have helped them not only during the 2011 football season but ultimately throughout their lifetime. “Last year was a new adventure in my coaching career,” said Joseph. “Trying to get everyone on board was quite the challenge. [...]
Five Corona wrestlers have been training non-stop for the past two weeks as part of an elite group of athletes on the Arizona National Dual Wrestling Team who will represent the state later this summer in a quest for a national team title. Other wrestlers on the team go to school at Sunnyside, Verrado, Cibola, [...]
Corona’s seniors-laden boys volleyball team had all the promise of winning a state championship. The squad, with many team members who had played together since middle school or before, was ranked No. 1 for weeks heading into the post season. The Aztecs had the necessary players to bring home the trophy, such as go-to outside [...]
All Tempe high schools had athletes with outstanding results at the Division I and Division II state track meet held May 9-12 at Mesa Community College. Corona Track and Field The Aztecs got a big boost in points from their boys 4×800 relay team when they crossed the finish line first to receive the gold [...]
The Aztecs’ senior-laden volleyball team started the season with high expectations of making an impact at tournaments, and during the regular season and has not faltered. Currently power-point ranked at only No. 8 with an 11-0 record against teams that count in the state ranking system, the Aztecs, however, have been ranked as the No. [...]
After both boys and girls teams won the City Tennis Meet that ended April 1—and with both undefeated in their regular season matching—Corona’s tennis program is on track to have either one of them emerge among the top seeds in the state tournament less than a month away. Getting to the state tennis tournament, though, [...]
Corona del Sol’s baseball team is young this season but strong on speed, hitting, defense and baseball knowledge, according to head coach Dave Webb. “Our weakness is probably youth,” said Webb, “but they can still play the game.” Webb will also be relying on the experience of seven players from last season who played significant [...]
Corona’s varsity basketball team, which went into competition late last month with a 30-game winning streak on the line, has written a new chapter in the record books of Arizona state basketball. It also added another triumph to a long family history of coaching at Corona, achieved by a father and son—Sam Duane and Sam [...]
