Corona del Sol’s Lady Aztec Lacrosse Club is sponsoring Fall Ball, a clinic for new and existing lacrosse players, Oct. 18-Dec. 1 at Harelson Park in south Tempe. The clinic will provide an opportunity for current players to sharpen their skills in preparation for the spring season and for interested non-players to learn the basic [...]
Three of Corona’s varsity football players joined in the effort to help Kyrene del Milenio Elementary School win a possible $10,000 Fuel Up for 60 grant sponsored by the NFL and National Dairy Council. James Contes, Carter Colton and Dylan Huch volunteered to help the school one day during a week-long event. Concept of the [...]
Andrew Augustyniak is having the time of his life. The former Marcos de Niza golf star is one year removed from college and pursuing a successful professional golf career. He is doing what few have an opportunity to do: Live his dream. For years, golf has been his passion. It all started as a child, [...]
After finishing as one of the top five teams in the Division I state tournament the last three years, Corona’s coach Pat Reed is not sure what will happen this year. “It will be an interesting season,” said Reed. “We only have two solid returning golfers, senior Brooke Taylor and sophomore Halie Carpenter. Currently who [...]
Kelly Stumper’s passion for softball is credited with a new Tempe program that provides equipment to kids who can’t afford it. A 13-year-old softball player has inspired a new Tempe program that aims to provide softball and baseball equipment to young players who cannot afford their own gear. Kelly Stumper, a former Tempe LadyHawks softball [...]
Corona wrestlers and coaches were part of Arizona’s USA Wrestling National team at the 2011 Cadet/Junior National Freestyle and Greco-Roman tournament held in Fargo, N.D. Bottom row: Coach Martinez, Glenn Farina, Colton Winstead, Zach Walton. Top row: Coach Richards, Michael Clair, Daniel Cartagena, Ethan Tursini, Jay Tucker, Coach Cartagena.— Photo contributed by Jim Martinez Athletes [...]
Nathan Flood, a 2010 Corona graduate and member of the Aztecs’ 5A-I Championship soccer team, is playing in the U.S. Youth Soccer 2011 National Championships being held through July 31. This championship tournament is considered one of the most prestigious in the country, attracting hundreds of college scouts searching for talented players. It is the [...]
You’d be hard pressed to be a sports fan living in south Tempe, let alone the rest of Arizona, and not have heard the name Peat. Todd Peat Sr. played seven seasons as an offensive lineman in the NFL in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Less than a year ago, Todd Peat Jr. was [...]
Recent Corona graduate and four-year varsity tennis player Lauren Hacker has accepted an athletic scholarship at Webster University outside St. Louis. Webster is an NCAA Division III school with 5,000 students that competes in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) with eight other member institutions in the Midwestern United States. Hacker, a three-time Tempe [...]
Former Corona del Sol athlete and 2008 graduate Ashley Hansen has been named USA Softball National Player of the Year by the Amateur Softball Association of America. Hansen, an outstanding two-sport athlete at Corona, played softball and volleyball all four years, garnering several high school awards including 2008 Arizona Softball Player of the Year before [...]
