Corona came out unscathed and on a roll after winning the Section II tournament Feb. 11 by defeating Mesa Red Mountain 65-44 at Mesquite High school. “It’s nice to go in the state tournament playing well and on a roll,” said coach Sam Duane Jr. “We had to play three tough games at the sectional [...]
Brother Todd Jr. and fellow football and basketball teammate Avery Moss will have to do without Andrus Peat at Nebraska next year. The 6-foot-7, 290-pound offensive tackle has chosen to be one of Stanford University’s 16 national recruits, surprising experts who were predicting he would choose the Cornhuskers. After receiving more than 30 scholarship offers, [...]
Corona del Sol Corona had seven athletes honored at the Tempe All City Association Fall Sports Banquet held Jan. 30 at the Tempe Sheridan. Zack Hamm, Avery Moss and Andrus Peat were given awards for football by head coach Tom Joseph. “All three were instrumental to our success this season,” said Joseph. “They are all [...]
The Aztecs were ridden hard and hung up wet, so to speak, the week of Jan. 23, when they had to play three opponents who entered the game hoping to settle the score. Playing Mesquite, Mountain Pointe and Hamilton in the span of four days put the Aztecs to the test, but they emerged unscathed [...]
After repeatedly being knocked out of the running, the Marcos de Niza boys soccer team is fighting back for spot in the Division II state championship game for the first time in 20 years. This current group of players with head coach Daryl Chavez, who is a banker by day, finished the regular season undefeated [...]
After defeating Hamilton 63-47 at the MLK Basketball Classic on Jan. 16 and Desert Vista 52-44 a week earlier, Corona’s boys basketball team is doing exactly what coach Sam Duane Jr. wants it to this time of the year—starting to click. “We are playing well but we still have room for improvement,” said Duane. “We [...]
In the end, it came down to family for Avery Moss, the Corona defensive end, who announced in the fourth quarter of the Jan. 3 inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl football game at Chase Field that he was going to the University of Nebraska. “It was the way Nebraska came out and treated me and [...]
Corona’s girls basketball team went undefeated at the Lady Badger Winter Classic in Prescott to capture the championship trophy. From left, bottom row: Alexa Hogberg, Vicky Sanford and Sammi Moore. Hands on her knees: Justice Mosley. Top row: coach Andrew Strom, Jordynn Logston, Haley Langille, Kaelin Shaffer, Liann Kline, Lauren Lucky and Taylor Kalmer. — [...]
Corona’s wrestling team may be young, with possibly nine of the 14 weight classes being filled by freshman and sophomore wrestlers. Age and experience notwithstanding, though, head coach Jimmy Martinez expects his team to have a legitimate shot at a place in the state team championship tournament coming up in early February. Even though the [...]
For Chloe Hacker, the sky seems to be the only limit on her ability to win state diving championships. Hacker, a sophomore atCorona, took care of business as usual and won her second consecutive one-meter Arizona State High School Division I Diving Championship Nov. 4. “Chloe handled the pressure like there was none at all, [...]
