Trinity Clark
Editor-In-Chief
Ironwood sports is continuing on its upward trend. From scholarships, awards, and the promising spring sports season there is a lot to talk about.
First, Ironwood had its first ever Girls’ Badminton Signing Award. On February 16th, 2021 Savannah Hendrix signed on to join Arizona Christian University (ACU) on a scholarship in the upcoming Fall Semester. Coach Stafford who will continue to coach Hendrix at ACU, is extremely excited to have her join the team. Also present at the signing were Savannah’s teammates including Toni DeMarco, Zofia Martinez, and Lexi Hogan who stated, “we have known Savannah since our freshman years’, and it is exciting to see her now.”
Also signed on to ACU is McKenzie Omoruyi. Omoruyi played for Ironwood’s Girls Volleyball team led by Coach Lopez this season and committed to play at ACU on a scholarship.
Next, Elijah Sanders, who has played for Ironwood’s football, also signed on a scholarship this past week. Sanders will be attending the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. While Sanders is traveling far, his teammates and Coach Rizzo will certainly remember his achievements.
J.J. White was also recognized for his contributions to Ironwood’s Boys’ Basketball Team. White’s hard work and continued impressive efforts on the court garnered him the All Time Steals Leader award. He has now entered into Ironwood’s legacy with All-Time Steals Record.
Another Basketball player is making history. Bailon Black is Ironwood’s All-Time Leader in Assists. As of now, he has assisted in over 250 plays.
On February 19th, Coach Augustine’s Boys’ Basketball team gave him his 100th win in their game against Shadow Ridge High School. This accomplishment is truly a shows Augustine’s commitment as an Eagle and as a coach.
Ironwood’s fall and winter sports truly showed out despite the complications caused by the pandemic and staff members are anticipating the same from this season’s spring sports athletes. Spring sports start on March 1st and will continue under the AIA guidelines sent out for student sports. This includes the wearing of face masks, recording of temperatures, and tracking of positive cases in a team. Potential athletes still need to complete the Register My Athletes form, take the Brainbook concussion test, and pay the $100 athletic participation fee.
Wonderful work has been done by the talented Eagle athletes from our fall and winter seasons. Surely, the same will be said about our spring sport athletes as well!
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