Who to Watch for and What to Expect from Springs Sports Teams
March 6, 2020
Baseball
Head Coach: Rick Surls
Key players: Ayden Acres, Justin Aikens and Wyatt Larson. Coach Surls believes Acres will be a key figure to getting them deep into games against the best teams. Coach believes Aikens will be a valuable help at shortstop at getting runners out. Coach says Larson is a master at getting on base and scoring runs for the team.
Key games: Both key games are against rival school AJ at the end of the season usually with potential playoff spots.
Boys Tennis
Head Coach: Dave Nelson
Key players: Jason Washington and Cameron Ricks. Coach expects them to be compete for a regional championship as the doubles partners are both ranked in the top 25 in the region.
Key games: Coach believes the key game is against Mesquite as its early in the season and sets the tone for the league schedule.
Girls Tennis
Head Coach: Kris Wood
Key players: Brooklyn Hicks, Emilie Potter, Emily Alger, Sariah Sasser.
Key games: Wood is looking for his girls to be competitive in region this year with big games on the line against Seton Catholic and Poston Butte.
Beach Volleyball
Head Coach: Jarett Tauiliili
Key players: Paige Gunnels and Stephanie Yanez. Coach Tauiliili is looking for his seniors to make a big impact in first year coaching the beach team.
Key games: Big games this season will be against rival school Poston Butte and Apache Junction as fight for the battle of Ironwood.
Track and field
Head Coach: Stacy Johnson
Key players: Bubba and Simon Taunima. Coaches are expecting the returning throwers to be challengers for state this year as they both were last year.
Key games: This season key games are going to be against rival schools Apache Junction and Poston Butte as they fight for the battle of Ironwood.
*Softball and Boys Volleyball did not respond to our request for info prior to deadline