Coronado Cougar Athletics Weekly Newsletter Monday, September 3rd, 2018 www.chscougarathletics.com

NIAARealignmentTheNIAAhasrealignedDivisions,RegionsandClassesforthe18-19and19-20schoolyears.CoronadoisintheSoutheastDivision(Basic,Coronado,GreenValley,Foothill,Liberty,SECTA).Forfootballonly,theSoutheastDivisionincludesChaparral,becauseSECTAdoesnothaveaFBallteam.DuringtheRegionalplayoffs,CHSwillcompeteintheDesertRegion(SEschools+BishopGorman,Clark,DesertOasis,Durango,Silverado,SierraVistaandSpringValley).Coronadoremainsinthe4A(largeschool)classificationmadeupof13DesertRegionschools,14fromtheMountainRegionand11fromtheNorthernNevadaRegion.YouwillnoticethatSouthernNevadaRegionalignmentisnowseparatedbyschoolsnorthofSaharaandschoolssouthofSahara,thisisdifferentthanpreviousyearswhentheSunrise&SunsetRegionsweredividedbytheI-15corridor.

TennisOnMonday,theCougarmenbeatSilverado17-1.SebastianFracehad2victoriesinsinglesplayandAidenBenoualidwent3-0insingles.Thewomen’steamwon18-0;SydneyOsburn,ArinaNedyalova&KaylinHeisseachearned2singlesvictories,andMaddieGarman&SophiaAlvarezscored2winsindoublesplay.OnFriday,themens’&women’steamsbothbeatSierraVista18-0.EthanQuandtearnedhisfirst“GoldenSet”winningall24pointswithoutlosingasinglepoint.Thegirls’teamswepttheiropponent18-0,andhasnotlostasetallseason!

ThursdayNightLights!TheCHSAthleticDepartment,inconjunctionwithCCSDandMyLVTV,isproudtoannouncethisweek’svarsityfootballgamewillbebroadcastliveinMyLVTV(channel21)onThursday,September6th.ThegamewillfeaturehighlightsfromdifferentaspectsofCoronadoincludingtheAPAcademy,oursport’sprogramsandtwoofouramazingscholarathletes:HaleyMortonandAndrewBurdalski.BroadcastingbeginswithaliveweathercastfromCHSduringthe3:00-4:00pmnewscastonChannel3featuringtheCougarettesdanceteamandtheCHSpepband.Tuneinlive,orsetyourDVRtosupporttheCougarsonThursday!

VarsityFootballAtSpringValleyHS,theCougarsfoundtheirrhythmonoffenseandusedsevendifferentballcarrierstoearna36-14winandimproveto2-1ontheseason.TheCougarscombinedfor287rushingyards,highlightedbyaSemajBolin62-yardtouchdownrun;AndrewMontezrushedfor2touchdowns,alongwithMattOrlandoandVinnyGelsonescoringarunningtouchdowneach.GavinWaleaddeda45-yardfieldgoalastimeexpiredinthefirsthalf.TheCougarshostSilveradoonThurs,Sept6th.

VarsityVolleyballOnWednesday,theCougarshostedShadowRidge,thedefendingstatechampions.SashaBollahad15killsonWednesdayasCoronado’sgirlsvolleyballteamearneda25-21,25-18,24-26,26-24victoryinanexcitinggamethathadthefansloud,rowdyandontheirfeetthroughouttheentirenight.McCallisterGaylehad10killsandthreeblocks,andCassandraSmits-VanOyenhad38assists,threeaces,threeblocksand13digsfortheCougars.MorenikeAjayiaddedsevenacesand

12digsforCoronado.ThursdayatCHS,SashaBollarecorded24killsastheCougarsbeatthePaloVerdePanthers,25-22,17-25,25-20,25-18.McCallisterGayleadded14killsandfourblocks,andCassandraSmits-VanOyenhad45assists,sixdigsandtwoacesforCoronado.KennediSteelehadfourkillsand19digsfortheCougars.TheCougarsbeginconferenceplaythisweek,hostingLibertyonTuesdayandtravellingtoSilveradoonThursday.

Women’sVarsitySoccerTheCougarsplayedintheLasVegasKick-OffClassiclastweek.OnMondayatPaloVerde,theCougarsbeatthePanthers2-1.LeiliRosenbergandAlexisPashaleseachscoredforCHS.Wednesday,theCougarsplayArborViewatGreenValleyandwon2-1.EmiWickensandHaleyMuesyeachscored.Rosenberg&Pashaleseachhadanassist.OnThursday,theCougarsplayedhostGreenValleyandwon1-0.KaitlynKowalchukscoredinthefinalminuteofthegametogiveCHSthevictory,andkeeperTaylorBookhad4savestoearntheshutout.Fridayafternoon,theCougarsplayedintheChampionshipgameandbeathostPaloVerde,2-1.AlysaCasoandKowalchukeachscoredtoleadtheCougars.Pashaleshadanassist.Therearenogamesthisweek.

JVFootballAtSpringValleyHS,thejuniorvarsityCougarswon55-0.BradyGalbraithhada45-yardpuntreturntogoalongwithareceivingtouchdown.AlexLopemanaddedarushingtouchdown,andMattEskridgereturnedaninterceptionforatouchdown.TheCougarshostSilveradoonWed,Sept5th.

Men’sVarsitySoccerOnWednesday,theCougarstookatwo-goalleadatthehalfandrolledoverthevisitingMustangs,5-0.AlfredoDiaz,RyanWilkinson,KealanO’Toole,PaulGrahamandMoctezumaMaldonadoeachhadagoalforCoronado.LincolnAquinohadtwoassistsandLucaCapriosimade2savesfortheshutout.Thisweek,themenhostBoulderCityonTuesdayandtraveltoEldoradoonFriday.

CrossCountryCougarXCranattheLaborDayClassicovertheweekend,23teamscompetedatthemeet,whichwashostedatPaloVerdeHS.Theboys’teamhadaproductiveday,withtheFreshman/Sophomoreboysfinishingin3rdplaceandtheJunior/Seniorbotsfinishingin5thplace.Freshman/SophomoremedalwinnersincludedCarsonSawyer(15th),CalebBrimhall(20th),AshtonZaidi(23rd)andGavinSchulz(24th).IntheJunior/Seniorrace,BrendanGraves(12th)andBryceTondryk(25th)bothtookhomemedals.Thegirls’teamhadagreatdaywithboththeyoungerandolderCougarteamswinningtheirraces.Freshman/SophomoremedalwinnersforthegirlsincludeErinShannon(3rd),KyleeBaird(7th),KellyDenninghoff(8th),andMaddieHofman(14th).Junior/SeniorgirlswinningmedalswereClaireRawlins(3rd),EllenWise(7th),CaitlinShannon(8th),andGracieGattis(23rd).Overall,thegirls’teamisshapinguptobeoneofthebetterteamsinthestatethisseason.TheCougarsracenextSaturday,September8thatSunsetParkintheLasVegasInvitational.

Women’sGolfWednesdayatLegacyGolfClubinaSELeagueMatch,CHSwasledbyVictoriaEstradashootinga3-over75andearningmedalisthonors.CrystleQuerolshot78andElleHahnan87tohelptheCougarstotheteamvictorywithascoreof338.SECTAwassecondwith361,followedbyGreenValley(373),Liberty(416)andBasic(454).CHSplaysagainthisweekonTuesdayatAnthemCC.

FreshmanFootballTheCHSfreshmanteamwon28-12,ChrisAvilascored2touchdownsandJoshGebhardtaddedatouchdown.OffensivestandoutswereElijahTriplett-Edquilang,ErikHurley,JayZimmeremanandConnorClouse.Ondefense,CarterViddauri,JustinSposito,TobyBrillandJadenPedersoncombinedtoshutdownSpringValley'srunninggame.TheCougarshostSilveradoonWednesdayofthisweek.

JVWomen’sSoccerTheCougarsbeatShadowRidgebyascoreof8-0.TheJVCougarsdonothaveagamethisweek.

JVMen’sSoccerTheCougarsbeatShadowRidge,3-0.TheyplayBoulderCityonTuesdayandtraveltoEldoradoonFriday.

JVVolleyballOnWednesday,theJVwonatoughmatchagainstthevisitingShadowRidgeMustangs.ThegirlscameoutreadytoplayandbehindagreatoffenseofAspenSteeleandAshliDeantheywereabletowin25-14,thesecondsetthegirlsfoundthemselvesbehindandmanagedtocomebackbutstilllost21-25.Inthedecidingthirdset,SianaRaustartedthegirlsoffstrongwithtoughservingandthegirlswereabletowin15-9inthethirddecidingset.

Thursday,thejuniorvarsityCougarstookonPaloVerdeteam,butweren'tabletocomeoutwithawin.ThegirlscameoutstrongthefirstsetbehindagreatoffensiveeffortbyAspenSteele,AshliDeanandHalliePembertonandwereabletowin25-13.Thesecondsetthegirlslostallmomentumandlost9-25,butmanagedtostepuptheirplaythethirdsetbutcouldn'tquitepulloutawin,losingthethirdanddecidingset,11-15.TheteamrespondedwelltothelossbywinningtheGoldBracketChampionshipthisweekendattheJVKickoffTournament.Thisweek,theCougarshostLibertyonTuesdayandtraveltoSilveradoonThursday.

FreshmanVolleyball

TheCougarswontheGoldBracketChampionshipattheFreshmanKickoffTournamentovertheweekendatCoronado.TheCougarshostLibertyonTuesday,andtraveltoSilveradoonThursdayofthisweek.

FreshmanWomen’sSoccerTheCougarseasilybeatShadowRidge,8-0.ThefreshmanteamreturnstoactiononTuesdayofthisweekatCentennial.

SaveTheDates

Tuesday,September25th:TeamTennisPlayoffsbeginMonday,October8th:GolfandIndividualTennisPlayoffsbeginOctober8ththrough12th:CHSHomecomingWeekMonday,October24th:Soccer&VolleyballPlayoffsbeginFriday,October28th:CrossCountryRegionalChampionshipRaceSaturday,November3rd:CrossCountryStateChampionshipRaceFriday,November9th:DesertRegionFootballPlayoffsbeginSaturday,November10th:WinterSportTryoutsThursday,November29th:AthleticDeptFundraiseratTopGolf