After a semifinal loss in the CIF Division 2 playoffs, Coronado girls varsity volleyball head coach Adeile Ahmu referred to this past season as her best yet since taking over the program in 2019. The 4-1 semifinal loss against University City High School on Nov. 6 came after a strong start in the playoff series […]
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Coronado Rugby season underway
Santos Trujillo spent 25 years in the United States as a sailor, reaching a rank just one step below the most senior officer – a SEAL master chief. Now retired, he spends his time on the island coaching rugby. A rather unorthodox choice of sport, Trujillo says rugby’s unique traits drew himself and his sons […]
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Coronado cross country results at Kit Carson Invite
The Coronado cross country team competed in the Kit Carson Invitational on Oct. 25, a meet that has been around for around two decades. In the boys varsity division, the top finisher was Vincent Russo, placing 11th out of 128 finishers, followed by Jack Letcher in 15th place. Letcher’s time of 17:55 was a two-minute […]
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Elleaire Lyons heads to CIF golf regionals as only Islander, aiming to advance beyond San Diego
Coronado High School junior Elleaire Lyons will represent the Islanders at the upcoming CIF Regional Championships, set to take place Nov. 7 at the Torrey Pines North and Balboa courses. This is Lyons’ third year on the team, her third time attending the CIF Championships and first time as an individual player. The only Islander […]
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Coronado cross country team scores personal records at cluster meet
The second cluster meet for the Coronado cross country team was on Oct. 15 and several runners scored personal records. Nathan Ayan was the top runner at 17:55 for the boys’ team, which was an 11 second improvement from last season’s city conference course. Vincent Russo was only 10 seconds behind Ayan — a time […]
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League competition underway for Coronado cross country
After a busy offseason of training and preparation, the Coronado High School Cross Country season kicked off on Oct. 1 with the inaugural cluster meet of the 2024 season. Coronado High competes in the Eastern League within the City Conference, with the likes of High Tech High School and La Jolla High School. The meets […]
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Coronado volleyball to host Dig Pink Fundraiser
The Islander girls volleyball team is hosting a Dig Pink Fundraiser at their Oct. 18 game against University City High School. The event will raise funds and bring awareness to metastatic breast cancer through live performances provided by Coronado School of the Arts, the middle school choir and the high school dance team. A Buona […]
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Coronado High School’s homecoming game
The Coronado Islanders played Holtville High School on Oct. 4 for the homecoming football game. Coronado lost 54-14 to a team that was 6-0 prior to the night, and had scored 304 points for the season, only letting up a total of 14. Coronado’s head coach Kurt Hines said he was proud of how the […]
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Coronado senior Ryan Mondzelewski to play water polo at Naval Academy
Coronado High School senior Ryan Mondzelewski will be playing water polo at the Naval Academy next year, but this won’t be the first time a family member has sported the Navy’s blue and gold. Ryan’s mother graduated from the Naval Academy in 1999, and his father is currently serving in the Navy, so the senior […]
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Islander Cross Country team competes in the Downey Classic
The Jerry Downey Classic is a cross country meet with JV and varsity races for both boys and girls from schools with enrollments of 1,800 students or less. The Coronado High School cross country team participated in the race on Sept. 27. The Saints head cross country and track coach, Jerry Downey, founded the Saints […]
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Sibling Duo cherishing opportunity to run together at Coronado High
It is not often that siblings are gifted with the opportunity to play the sport of their choice together at any level. Famous sibling duos like Ronde and Tiki Barber, Venus and Serena Williams, and Devin and Jason McCourty headline the somewhat short list of athletes given this chance. Despite the odds, Coronado High School […]
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Coronado girls volleyball defeats rival Point Loma High School
Each time senior outside hitter and captain Sadie Proctor went up to hit from the outside, fans in the stands shouted “boom” before she even contacted the ball, as if they knew what was about to ensue. And, when freshman outside hitter and Sadie’s younger sister, Ashlynn Proctor would make a kill, “She’s a freshman,” […]
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Avalon Haro: the libero behind Coronado volleyball’s strong defense
Avalon Haro, junior libero on the Coronado High School volleyball team, was inspired by her mom, who was a professional beach volleyball player within the Association of Volleyball Professionals, to pick up the sport when she was in seventh grade. Immediately, Haro was all in. “I kind of just fell in love with it,” said […]
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CHS boys varsity water polo team begins season with big aspirations
Returning to the pools for his second season of coaching the Coronado High School boys varsity water polo team, five-time-Olympian and 2008 silver medalist Jesse Smith said he hopes to build off of the success from last season. After the boys secured a Western City Conference Division 1 championship in the 2023-24 season, Smith is […]
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The Coronado High School football home opener
“The fact is, this is the biggest game I’ve ever coached,” head coach Kurt Hines says to the Coronado High football team in the crowded locker room. The players huddle around him, locked in on every word. “…This is the biggest game you’ve played in, no matter what you’ve played in before, because what you’ve […]
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Girls golf team enters rebuilding phase as freshman-dominated roster takes shape
The Coronado High School girls golf team’s success last season, marked by a City Conference Championship Tournament victory and a runner-up Western League finish, has given way to a rebuilding phase. Four seniors have moved on, and the current roster of nine includes seven players new to the game, along with two returning juniors. Although […]