Florence High SChool

jerry link, Athletic Director

Board Report

March 1, 2011

Participation:

Seniors / Juniors / Sophomores / Freshman / # Ineligible
Varsity Girls Softball / 5 / 7 / 0 / 1 / 2
J.V. Girls Softball / 4 / 6 / 0 / 2
Freshman Girls Softball / 14 / 2
Varsity Boys Baseball / 11 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0
J.V. Boys Baseball / 3 / 7 / 3 / 2
Freshman Boys Baseball / 3 / 11 / 2
Varsity Girls Tennis / 1 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 1
Varsity Boy’s Tennis / 3 / 2 / 0 / 3 / 1
Varsity Boy’s Track / 12 / 7 / 7 / 5 / 13
Varsity Girl’s Track / 5 / 3 / 7 / 8 / 3
Varsity Golf / 3 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Varsity Cheer / 11 / 6 / 1 / 1 / 0
J.V Cheer / 3 / 6 / 2 / 1

Highlights –

·  Varsity Boy’s Soccer...... 3A State Runner-Up 20 wins and 3 losses overall (Jose Perez Co – Player of the Year in 3A)

·  Varsity Cheer …………………….. 4th place finish in the State Cheer competition

·  Varsity Boy’s Basketball …………19 wins and 9 losses ( ranked 7th in the State )

·  Varsity Girl’s Basketball…………...21 wins and 5 losses overall ( ranked 6th in the State )

·  Varsity Wrestling ………………….Andrew White and Spencer Clark represented Florence at State Wrestling tournament

·  Varsity Volleyball ……………… …Congratulations to Shelia Anderson for signing a full ride Volleyball scholarship with CAC

Activities Calendar for month of March (Highlight important Vars. Events)

Boys Baseball

·  March 2-5 23rd annual Joe S Padilla baseball tournament at Florence

·  March 7th Freshman season opener at Casa Grande (4:00 PM)

·  March 8th Varsity / JV home vs. Globe (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 9th Freshman at Apache Junction (4:00 PM)

·  March 10th Varsity / JV home vs. Miami (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 10th Freshman at Combs (4:00 PM)

·  March 15th Varsity / JV Baseball at Empire (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 18th Varsity / JV Baseball Home vs. San Tan Foothills (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

Girls Softball

·  Feb 28th Varsity / JV season opener at Florence vs. Santa Cruz 4:00 / 6:00 PM

·  March 3-5 Varsity at Buckeye Tournament (time TBA)

·  March 3rd Freshman season opener home vs. Apache Junction (4:00 PM)

·  March 7th Freshman at Horizon Honors 4:00 PM

·  March 8th Varsity / JV Home vs. Globe (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 10th Varsity Home vs. Miami (4:30 PM)

·  March 15th Varsity / JV Softball Home vs. Empire (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 16th Varsity / JV Softball at Wilcox (4:00 / 6:00 PM)

·  March 17-18th Varsity Softball at Maricopa tournament (TBD)

Tennis

·  March 3rd Florence at Miami (3:30 PM)

·  March 10th Florence at Superior (3:30 PM)

·  March 11th Florence vs. Santa Cruz at Anthem Parkside (3:30 PM)

·  March 14th Florence vs. San Tan Foothills at Anthem Parkside (3:30 PM)

·  March 16th Florence vs. Scottsdale Christian at Anthem Parkside (3:30 PM)

·  March 21st Florence at Phoenix Country Day (Phoenix Tennis Center 3:30 PM)

Varsity Track

·  March 4th Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s at Apache Junction Relays (1:30 PM)

·  March 9th Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Home track meet vs. Coolidge / San Tan (3:30 PM)

·  March 25th Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s at Chandler Rotary Invitational track meet (TBD)

·  March 29th Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s at Empire (3:30 PM)

Varsity Golf

·  March 14th Florence at Northwest Christian @ Arrowhead Country Club (3:00 PM)

·  March 31st Florence at Valley Christian @ Foothills Golf Club (3:30 PM)

·  April 5th Florence at Coolidge @ Grande Valley Golf Club (3:30 PM)

·  April 6th Florence vs. Safford and Coolidge @ Poston Butte Golf Club (3:00 PM)

Varsity Cheer

·  March 24th -28th National Cheer Competition in California

See Calendar for Spring sports season and list of Rosters (Will send as an attachment)

Athletic Director’s Summary:

Congratulations to Coach Rande Hoggard and the Lady Gophers for a fantastic season. The Lady Gophers finished the season with 21 wins and 5 losses and were ranked # 6 in the State. What a tremendous job by both coaches and players!

Congratulations to Coach Randy Spilsbury and our Boy’s Basketball team for an overall record of 20 wins and 9 losses. They were ranked 7th in the State. What a great job by both coaches and players!

Our Boy’s Soccer team under Coach Nathan Nance and Olman Perez finished State Runner – Up in Class 3A winning 20 games and losing 2, with 2 ties . They are ranked 2nd in the State. Great job!!

Congratulations to Coach Jeremy Scott and George Keller and our Lady Gophers Soccer team for 12 wins and 4 losses and are ranked 5th in the State. They are undefeated in the Region for 2 straight years. Super job! Region Champs!!

Congratulations to Coach Aaron Gray and our Wrestling team for 14 wins and 35 losses overall and they have really been working hard this season despite lots of injuries along the way. Congratulations to Andrew White and Spencer Clark for their participation in the State Wrestling tournament. Great job guys!!

Our Cheer squad finished 4th in the State competition on Feb 5th at Prescott. The team members are Jaclyn Altieri, Lauren Gibson, Rosie Holmes, Anissa Padilla, Ashley Shepard, Jessica Schell, Ashlee Smith, Alyssa Taylor, Allegra Turner, Brandi Turner, Amanda Wilkins, Jasmine Taft, Amie Elsberry, Amanda Espinoza, Cami Sorensen, Bry Hulsey, Belen Sisa, Krysta Mariscal, Courtney Coppell and Anna-Lynn Zurek. Good luck ladies at Nationals!

Congratulations to Shelia Anderson for her signing a full ride scholarship to CAC for Volleyball. Way to go Shelia, we are proud of you!

Again our young people amaze me at what all they take on and accomplish with the different events they are involved in and still put their academics a priority. Please be sure when you have the opportunity come and see them .Thank you.