How about a side of distance running with that football game?
Next Friday, the Cienega High School cross country team will host a meet with Sabino during the halftime of Cienega's football game against Douglas.
The runners will get a taste of bright lights, cheering fans and the marching band's show as they follow a course that winds around campus and finishes on the track around the football field.
"Those kids work hard and they deserve that kind of atmosphere as well," said Nemer Hassey, assistant principal and Bobcats football coach.
"It's a good little tradition we started last year," he said.
Cienega got the idea from Phoenix Greenway High School, which has the same tradition.
Caballeros hall of fame
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During halftime at tonight's Phoenix Thunderbird at Flowing Wells football game, Flowing Wells High School will induct its sixth class into its own sports hall of fame. Tailgating before the game costs $5.
The inductees are:
● Ed Brown, Class of 1959, who set the all-time city scoring record in boys basketball, with 1,096 points, and a single-season record of 528 points.
● Richard O'Haver, Class of 1976, who was a member of the 1975 state championship football team and a three-time state champ in wrestling.
● Cindy Langley-Riley, Class of 1980, who was a member of the 1979 girls state championship cross country team. She is the athletic director at Desert Christian High School.
● Morgan Robertson, Class of 1989, a two-time state wrestling champ.
● Leigh Ann Walker-Lesho, Class of 1998, who broke a single-season strikeout record in softball. She played professionally in Spain and Italy.
● The 1983 baseball state championship team, including John Gleeson, who coached baseball at the school for 18 years.
New park for Yaquis
Youth from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe have a new facility for team sports. Pascua Pueblo Park, 5303 W. Calle Torim, officially opens today with a girls softball tournament.
The park includes a baseball/softball field. Construction will start later this year on basketball and volleyball courts, a playground and walking paths.
The $3 million project was partly funded by a $1.25 million federal grant.
Early jump for wrestlers
High school wrestlers who can't wait for the season to start in November can sign up for the Marana Tiger Preseason Wrestling Open on Oct. 11 at Marana High School. The cost is $10. For more information, ask your school's wrestling coach or call coach Rob Lindsay at 591-0338.
Last year 43 wrestlers competed, and Lindsay expects twice that many this year.
Follow leaders online
Cienega High School's Jacquie Cason could be the Tucson area's best attacker.
Cason, a junior outside hitter, tops our new volleyball leader board in kills with 57 in the first three matches of the season.
Watch Cason try to defend that title through the season, and see how your favorite players stack up on a variety of game stats at varsity. azstarnet.com.
