The 15th Hawks Invitational girls volleyball tournament at Gilbert Highland gave Phoenix Desert Vista a sneak peek at the week ahead. It wasn’t all pretty for the Thunder.

May 11, 2005

If there are any number crunchers on the Corona del Sol boys basketball team, they'll need to look elsewhere for entertainment.

Tempe Corona del Sol senior forward Brittany Cole was named the Gatorade Arizona player of the year for the second straight year.

Kevin Turner had a hat trick in the first half to lead Tempe Corona del Sol to a 7-1 victory over Gilbert Mesquite in boys soccer action at the Tempe Diablos Classic at the Tempe Sports Complex on Monday.

What was once believed to be a wild three-way race for the 5A girls state title now appears to be a one-girl show.

Corona del Sol football coach Zane Zamenski has been “assigned to home” by the Tempe Union High School District while allegations of inappropriate comments toward players are being investigated, according to a district spokesperson.

Corona del Sol completed a three-school bevy of football coach hirings in the East Valley Friday by selecting Zane Zamenski as its next head coach.

Zane Zamenski will return as Corona del Sol's football coach and physical education teacher next week.

Shorter was sweeter for the Phoenix Xavier Gators. The Gators won the first two games Tuesday night, then dropped one, before finishing off host Tempe Corona del Sol in a 5A nonregion girls volleyball match.

Call them freshmen, but be careful trying to stuff them in a locker.

Phoenix Desert Vista athletic director Jim Bell is going back to Tempe Corona del Sol. Principal Anna Battle confirmed Bell's departure on Saturday. Bell accepted a position as an activities (nonathletics) director and assistant principal at Corona on Friday, and is expected to begin his new job early next week.

Tempe Corona del Sol outwrestled 14 other teams Saturday to win the Tim Van Horn Payson Invitational at Payson High School.

The top-ranked Tempe Corona del Sol girls volleyball team had no problem going on the road and dispensing No. 9 Mesa Red Mountain in three games, 25-21, 25-9, 25-11 on Tuesday.

Mesquite boys basketball coach Tom Saltzstein admits that sometimes, when senior Isaiah Strong fires up a particularly deep 3-pointer, he can't help but cringe.

Somebody finally figured out how to slow down the Chandler High boys basketball team.

Marcel Towns scored four of his seven points in overtime to lead the Tempe Corona del Sol boys basketball squad to a 58-57 victory over visiting Phoenix Brophy Thursday night. David Whitmore led the Aztecs (8-7) with 17 points and 13 rebounds, but Towns came up clutch when it mattered most. Corona had a chance to win the game in regulation, but the Aztecs missed a shot at the buzzer before holding on to a three-point lead that Brophy cut to one at the end of the game. The Broncos' (8-5) Ryan Milne led all scorers with 18 points.

Tempe Corona del Sol took a big step in reaching its first title game since 2006 by knocking off host Phoenix Desert Vista in five games in the quarterfinals of the 5A-I state volleyball tournament Thursday.

Stephanie Preach sat in the stands and watched her future Phoenix Xavier team (and two sisters) capture the state 5A Division I volleyball championship over Tempe Corona del Sol in last year’s finals.

Two shots and one deflection equaled one goal, and it seems to be the way this season has gone for the Corona del Sol girls soccer team.

Gilbert Highland girls soccer coach Jonathan Berzins insisted that it wasn't an upset.

While many teams at the Dobson Mustang Classic used the weeklong tournament to test different lineups and new schemes, Tempe Corona del Sol’s girls team was business as usual.