The Cougars bring back seven starters and are primed for a successful season.
Coronado
The Cougars have nine seniors and hope to contend for the Sunrise League title.
Follow the link for postseason girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason boys basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
The Cougars finished second in the Division I state meet last year and hope to contend for the title this year.
State diving champion Timmy Newton is among 17 returnees for the Cougars, who are reloading after graduating a big class.
The Cougars have a large group back, including a handful of returning state meet qualifiers.
Clark’s Ian Alexander blocked seven shots and helped the Chargers withstand a late Coronado surge to claim a 56-48 win in the Class 4A boys state basketball semifinals at Cox Pavilion.
Cimarron-Memorial senior Haylei Hughes jumped a route at defensive back and returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown for the momentum-shifting play Wednesday to help the Spartans flag football team pull away for a 24-7 win over Coronado in the Class 4A state final.
Coronado started the season 4-7, but capped a 9-1 run with a Sunrise Region title after a 25-7 win over Foothill on Tuesday.
Will Weems scored 10 of his game-high 19 points in the second half as Coronado’s boys basketball team overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to top rival Foothill, 56-47 in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Canyon Springs.
Foothill limited Canyon Springs’ Yemiyah Morris to six points through three quarters, and the Falcons earned a 45-36 road victory in the Class 4A Sunrise Region semifinals.
After thwarting Sierra Vista’s dual-threat offense on its home field Thursday in a 26-19 victory in the semifinals, Palo Verde (14-5) is back in the Sunset Region final.
Patched together by not much more than Band-Aids, bubble gum and the moxie of a few reserves, Foothill held on for a 70-67 victory over host Canyon Springs on Thursday in the Class 4A Sunrise Region semifinals.
Yemiyah Morris finished with 29 points and 13 rebounds, and host Canyon Springs survived a huge game from Green Valley’s Brooke Haney to pull out a 68-66 overtime win in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A Sunrise Region tournament.