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2011 Warrior Baseball Team Marches On [Updated]

Update #2: Warriors fall short to Sabino 4-6. Great season comes to an end. Great effort by our baseball team.

Warriors Come Up Short — Warriors come up short vs. Sabino

2010 2011 Pueblo Warrior Baseball Team — Great season Warriors! Congratulations!

UPDATE: Round 2 vs. Sabino will be Wednesday, May 11 at Hi Corbett Field. First pitch is at 7:00 p.m. Come support our Warrior Baseball Team!

The Warrior Baseball team advances to 2nd round round of the 2011 state playoffs. They defeated No. 5 seed CDO 3-1 in the first round behind the brilliant pitching and timely hitting of Angel Roman (Class of 2013).

The Warriors face off against Sabino in the 2nd round on Wednesday, May 11. Go BASEBALL WARRIORS!

Here are some pictures of CDO victory courtesy of AzStarnet:

Girls Tennis Reaches Final 32

Two weekends ago, the girls tennis team competed in the first and second rounds of the Division 2 State Tournament in Phoenix. The doubles team of Cynthia Lona and Carolina Felix unfortunately lost in the first round, but played a great match. Isabel Morales also played well and won her first round match and then fell to the #6 seed on the second day.

This past weekend, 3 members of the girls’ tennis team made it to the third round in Phoenix. Singles player Estefana Hernandez and Doubles team Dulce Corte and Yanseli Alameda won their first and second round matches. In the third round this last Saturday, they unfortunately lost two tough matches.

Dulce Estefana And Yanseli — State finalists Dulce, Estefana & Yanseli

However, these three ladies finished in the top 32 players in the state (Division 2). They played very well throughout the tournament and made it farther in the state competition than any player in recent years.

Coach Sarah Wilson (JV) and Coach Tara Bulleigh (Varsity) are incredibly proud of these girls as they have watched them grow as athletes and students since they were freshmen.

Congratulations to them for their efforts.

Coach Gary Crane Retires From Warrior Basketball

Pueblo’s athletic department is sad to announce the retirement of Gary Crane as head basketball coach. After 35 years of loyal service to his alma mater, Coach Crane has decided to move on to another chapter in his life.

In his own words:

Friends & Family:

This past Monday (Feb. 28), after much deliberation I decided to resign my position as varsity boy’s basketball coach, thus, severing the last string that attached me to Pueblo High School. For thirty-five years, Pueblo High School was the center of my entire professional life. While the decision was and still remains very difficult, I believe it was simply time for me to take the next step in my life. I would like to be available to help shapes the lives of some other children, my grandchildren. First and foremost, I want to spend more time with my loving wife who has without reservation given up her summers and holidays to support me throughout this endeavor.

Sincerely,
Gary Crane

Gary & Kelly Crane at last home game this season.

Coach Crane has touched many young athletes here at Pueblo and his presence will be missed!

On behalf of the entire Pueblo family, enjoy your retirement Coach.

Coach Crane 1977 — Coach Crane (Far Left) in 1977.

Warrior Wrestling Wins TUSD Bill Bell Tournament Again

After 2 days of hard fought battles, the Wrestling Warriors came out on top as team champions at the 38th annual William Bell Wrestling Tournament held at Sahauro High School this past weekend. We had 8 out of 12 wrestlers place and score 248 pts to overtake (Marana) Mountain View and 12 other schools.

Bill Bell Champions 2010 — Bill Bell Tournament Team Champions

These are the results:

Champions!
103 – Alvaro Gallego
112 – Gabriel Estillore
189 – Carlos De la Vara

2nd Place
119 – Angel Felix
135 – John Delahanty

3rd Place
171 – Gaspar Cuen
285 – Gabriel Gastelum

4th Place
Carlos Kovrig

Check out the individual photos here.

Congratulations to the Wrestling Team as they are off to a great start to the season!

Coach Galvan

New Football & Practice Field Grass Project

Pueblo’s football & practice fields will be getting new grass. A state of the art sprinkler system covering both fields to be compatible with reclaimed water are also being installed. The project officially starts today and will be completed in the Spring of 2011.

Southwest Enviroscapes Inc. started digging for soil samples to determine what type of fertilizer will be used on new field. Heavy machinery will be used to scrape the old grass to make room for the new one.

Pueblo Football Field Grass — Football Field is all done! Looks great!

Follow the progress of the construction on our photo gallery

[Football & Practice Field Grass Project Photo Gallery]

Soil Sample For New Field — Reyes Contreras (red hat) collecting soil samples from various parts of field

The foreman that will be overseeing the project is Reyes Contreras, a Pueblo graduate from the class of 1979.

Our athletes will sure welcome the new grass on both fields. Football field will be done first to be ready for track season & graduation. The practice fields will be done after the spring sports season.

Ruben Canastillo Breaks Football Record

During the football game versus the Cholla Chargers, senior Ruben Canastillo broke the record for longest interception return for a touchdown. Ruben intercepted a pass on the 2 yard line and took it 98 yards for the score.

The previous record was held by Charles Quihuis (Bowerman) 1971 & Robert Greene (Bowerman) 1975 both for 90 yards.

Here’s the video:

Ruben was very excited to find he had broken the record. “I just read the quarterbacks eyes and broke on the play,” he said. He received a plaque and his name will be added to the football record books.

Congratulations to Ruben! The question is, how long will this record stand?