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 [...]
If you’re like me, you spent your entire childhood on the court, running the diamond, sprinting the field or in between the nets. The harsh reality is that a pure desire to succeed can take you only so far in the sports world, and you probably figured that out around the age of 16, just [...]
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 [...]
A team can be defined as a gathering or joining together in a cooperative effort toward a common goal. Tempe Thunder is a 13-and-under team that was started four years ago, and the members have stuck together competing and supporting one another since then. Though they happen to play baseball together, in this case their [...]
The next generation of Corona del Sol football players already has gotten plenty of experience on the field. Recently realigned withCorona’s Aztecs, players in the Junior Pee-Wee, or JPW, Wildcats have been competing for years in and around west Chandler. The team, which consists of athletes ages 10 and 11, has earned an impressive honor, [...]
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, [...]
One Chandler junior pee-wee football team has earned the chance to represent Arizona in the American Youth Football Under-Armor Nationals in Florida. Recently realigned with Corona del Sol, the JPW Wildcats players will move on to play for Corona del Sol high school in just a few years. The road to Florida was no easy [...]
South Tempe resident and Corona High School Sophomore Seamus McDonald has qualified to represent the United States at the 2011 International Cadet Judo Championships in Harnes, France on Dec. 11 and 12. He was also recognized by the Tempe Union High School District for his appointment to the team. A good showing at this event [...]
