Corona Del Sol High School - Sunset Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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Coaches look forward to AAA competitio Coaches are looking forward to entering the AAA league where they will be facing tougher competition during vir- tually every game dur- ing their respective seasons. After five years of AA competition, enrollment increases are pushing school teams into the AAA league, central division. The football team will be playing former state champions Mountain View and McClintock while the cagers will play powerhouses like Mesa and Chandler. The baseball team will face teams like Moun- tain View. Of all the Varsity teams, the two time AA state championship basketball team will have the easiest transi- tion of the three major sports, according to the coaches. l'd say close to one third of our schedule have been AAA teams and we have done that in the past, Sam Duane, Varsity basket- ball coach said. According to Duane, the cagers played in the Fourth Annual Tri-Cities Classic defeating three AAA teams to take the championship. The team also played three other AAA teams during the course of the season. Night in and night out, I think the toughest thing is that we are go- ing to be playing good teams every night, Duane said. 88 FEATURE Larry Hughes, Varsity football coach, agrees with him. ln AAA basically week in and week out, you're going to be faced with physical football teams, whereas in AA you have probably four physical teams, Hughes said. Hughes felt that in order to be successfull in the AAA football league you have to keep your skilled peo- ple healthy. According to Ron Davini, Varsity baseball coach, the central divi- sion is the finest division in AAA. They play very ag- gressive and consistent baseball, Davini said. All through the season it will be a much tougher schedule. Davini said he sees the AAA league benefiting the Corona sports program. The better competi- tion you play, the better y o u r p r o g r a m becomes, he said. Another benefit of entering AAA level is the less amount of travel needed to play non- division games, accor- ding to all three coaches. I think the biggest plus we are going to have is the travel. This year we have gone to Nogales, Mingus, Globe and places like that, Duane said. ln AAA, we won't be going as far and it will be easier for us, he added. Another plus, accor- ding to Hughes, is that a AAA non-league game iii '1 'V ..Y-W-W iii-I U ...ll f Ef3ifsf:i?gtf,., we . S ,K , I V , -Q-r'jjlS fff:,,'-...V st s? 3 V .,.- ,JA .pw it it SQ, --is -. -A f we s -- -f f- f.. . ' is 1, X ..,,,k..R J. 4 - - .. 4 X, -. 'Ak . ' S-..h...-L.sS?fu- sss..'3'.hnS'Siv.,..l.:vfm'i ,g,. -Q.. w- .5 V- .a .vfwsv - can still fill Henshaw stadium. lf we turn around and play Nogales as a non-league game, it is just so far that they are not going to bring any people up here, Hughes said. One of the main con- cerns of the coaches is depth. According to Davini, in AA he could get away with one pitcher. ln AAA he has to have at last two pitchers. ' The Varsity football team, which Davini says will be entering black and bl league, will need n depth Hughes said. The bad thing is, will be faced with n injuries, and you're ing to need m depth, he added. All three coac agree that the first 1 ple seasons will rough, but with comes success. Once we make adjustment into Al Davini said, I think will be the cream of crop in AAA. by Larry Mcl

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Young basketball team plays consistentl The girls' Varsity baketball team played consistent basket- ball with whoever they played this year according to Larry Hughes, coach. The team was young. Six of last year's top seven players graduated. Shelley Beaton was the only starter that returned to this year's team. Top scorers on the team were Beaton with 15.5 points per game, and Lynne Long with 14. Beaton, Long and Shawn Logan led the team in reboun- ding, averaging around eight re- bounds apiece per game. Other standouts included point guard Cynthia Nehls, who led the team in steals and assists. Although the team was young, Hughes feels that the experience gained this season will make them a stronger team next year. Fl ,E Girls' Varsity Basketball, FROM LEFT: Marie Moody, manager, Cynthia Nehls, Lisa Lee, Lynne Long, Lana Powell, Shelley Beaton, Larry Hughes, coach, Julie Warford, Robin Evans, Shawn Logan, Michelle Olson, Pam Neumann, Debbie Aguirre. T 90 GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL C Girls' Varsity Basketball 3 CDS OPP 32 81 Marana ,........ .... Flowing Wells Cactus ......... .... Peoria ............ .... 3 Independence ..... .... Globe .......... ..,. 8 Sahuarita ......... .... L Marana ................ 3 Apachedunction ........ 44 28 16 28 51 40 37 44 48 34 40 30 45 71 50 31 Nogales ....... ....45 59 Gerard .8 ........ .... 4 5 31 3 Florence '. . .. .... 42 40 Gilbert ...... 25 39 1 Bourgade .8 .... 53 27 49 50 48 31 34 26 28 40 30 40 34 28 40 51 47 42 ...v -..- ..1. Cactus ...... Globe .. Gerard . . . . 1 Gilbert .... . . Mingus ,...... .... ...Q Bourgade ..... ' Q ' ' 7 Mingus ....... Globe ....... .... . ...... . Won 12 Lost 10 X A 22' AVTK K2 11' Shawn Logan shoots a free throw. During a game against Cactus, L Powell and Shawn Logan posi themselves for a rebound.