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Aztecs appear headed toward upswing

After being on top with three straight state championship seasons to their credit, it’s been and up and down year for the Aztecs and new head coach Neil MacDonald.

Sports Notebook: Speed, consistency boost Aztecs’ advantage

A great deal of speculation before the season started, for the four-time defending D1 state champions Corona del Sol Aztecs, centered around the resignation of former head coach Sam Duane, Jr. and the departure of 6-11 sophomore Marvin Bagley III, last year's azcentral.com sports Player of the Year.

Aspiring athletes seek guidance from outside coaches

By Kody Acevedo High school practice isn’t enough anymore. That’s what aspiring athletes are finding out these days. Young players like Jared Zarate, a junior baseball player at Corona del Sol High School,...

New coach spurs culture change for lacrosse

By Kody Acevedo It’s starting to become as mainstream as football or basketball, but there is still a lot of work to be done for the leaders of the Aztec lacrosse program at...

An emotion-filled end to a memorable season

It was an emotional end to an otherwise outstanding season for Marcos de Niza in its quest for the school’s first state high school football championship when the Saguaro Sabercats scored back-to-back touchdowns in the fourth quarter to ultimately defeat the Padres 38-20 on Nov. 28 at Tucson’s Arizona Stadium.

Sports Notebook

Marcos de Niza’s Padres stood their ground and defeated a reignited Corona del Sol for the second time in two weeks Nov. 6 to spoil the Aztecs’ chances of making it past the first round in the DII state football playoffs.

Playoff hopes on the rise for Padres

“This could be the year!” The Marcos de Niza football team and its fans have heard this statement repeated over the last nine years but are quietly hoping it’s true this year.

Local schools’ teams rack up wins

Corona’s boys team, led by junior runner Slade Sumners, finished second with 105 points, at the prestigious Doug Conley Invitational Elite event held Sept. 26 at Tempe’s Rolling Hills Golf course.
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