In celebration of Arizona's centennial, the Star will feature our picks for the 100 best athletes, moments and teams.
Throughout the summer, we will showcase our list - with the first 90 in no particular order. In August, Greg Hansen will select his top 10, with a column on each.
Window Rock High School girls basketball program
Achievement
During a five-year span, there was perhaps no team in Arizona more impressive than the Window Rock High School girls basketball squad.
From 1992 to 1996, the Fighting Scouts won five straight Class 3A titles, defeating Kayenta Monument Valley three times and Winslow twice.
The best of those teams, the 1993 squad, went 30-0.
Coach Jimmy Skeet started the Window Rock girls basketball tradition, winning the 1986 and 1988 titles and going 49-4 in the process.
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Skeet's teams from 1992 to 1995 went a combined 104-10.
In winning four straight titles, Skeet tied a state of Arizona record.
His six career championships are tied for the fourth most among Arizona girls basketball coaches. (He did not coach the 1996 team.)
Amy Yanish scored 615 points in the 1991-92 season, the 10th highest total by a Class 3A player.
The 1993 team featured Henrietta Wagner, who scored a whopping 41 points in one game.
The last of the five straight titles came with Amelia Holtsoi in charge; her team went 24-7 to lead Window Rock to the 1996 championship.
How the school got its name
WRHS is located in Fort Defiance, but is named after the "Window Rock," a formation with a circular hole through the middle. The town of Window Rock, about six miles south, is the seat of government for the Navajo Nation.
By the numbers
33-1
Window Rock's record in 2010-11 en route to its first championship since 1996. The Fighting Scouts finished second the year before.
Patrick Finley
