On a beautiful, bright October morning,  The Cross Country Middle School Western Athletic Conference (MSWAC) was held at Arkalon park.  The teams consisted of 7th and 8th grade girls and a facsimile of 7th and 8th grade boys.  All the MSWAC  teams would tackle the 2 mile course at Arkalon park.

The Apaches had 12 out of 15 athletes break their personal records on Oct. 12, 2024.  The Apache girls were led by Kamila Huerta with a time of 14:11, followed by Yazline Medina with 14:36, Ava Limbocker with 14:39, Raquel Diego with 15:02, Magali Romo 15:05, Liliana Zamora with 16:04, Kaylene Robertson with 16:14, Evy Martinez with 16:33, and Alexanderia Bourell with 16:55.  The girls placed 5th in a field of 8 teams.

The Apache boys were led by Nehemiah Jaramillo with a PR of 12:27, next was Santiago Pavia with 13:09, Jaxon Schwindt with 13:59, Natanael Barajas with 14:10, Chance Macy with 14:48, Alexander Lux with 14:57, Leonardo Castillo with 15:41, Joel Nevarez with 15:57, Luis Mejia with 19:14, and Callen Bridenstine with 19:33.  The Apache boys placed 8th yet had many PRs.

Lastly, it has been  an extreme pleasure to have coached the Apache Cross Country and Track athletes in these last 14 years.

“ Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”   Pele

Again thank you to all the parents ,  student-athletes and past coaches that I had the pleasure of coaching with.

The Apaches hosted their last home game of the season this week.

The 7th grade Apaches took the field to face off against K.H. 7th grade Apaches faced a mountain of adversity this week with injuries playing a huge role in personnel changes. The Apaches came out strong and continued to fight the entire game. Unfortunately we were unable to get an offense going throughout this game and fell short of the endzone. Defense started off slow and allowed too many in the endzone the first half. The Apaches never gave up and continued to fight but ultimately fell short with a 34-0 loss this week.

The 8th grade Apaches came out strong on defense with a huge forced turnover by Allan Rios recovered by the Apaches. This allowed the Apaches offense to take the field and lead to a quick score by Francisco Cardenas on an outside run. K.H. was able to answer back when they ran the next kick return back to tie the game 8-8. Late in the first half K.H. was able to score and take the lead 14-8 going into half time. The Apaches started the second half with the ball and was able to control the ball through the 3rd quarter driving deep into K.H. territory but falling short at the half yard line on an outside run by Xaadin Navarro. As the Apaches went on defense with 1:07 left in the 3rd, daylight was not on our side, ultimately ending the game with the Apaches down 14-8.