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Winter Sports are Here!  Hope you can mark your Calendars and support your Spartans!

H.S. Boys and Girls Basketball starts Nov. 4

H.S. Boys and Girls Soccer starts Nov. 4

H.S. Fall Sports is winding down. 

Congrats to our H.S. Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams for placing 2nd in our Region and qualified for state!

Swim and Dive compete at State on Nov. 8th and 9th @ Phoenix Country Day!

Go Spartans!

Kicking off H.S. Sports and Jr. High Sports this week!  August 26th-

Jr. High Volleyball, Boys Soccer and Softball host Highland Jr. on Monday and South Valley on Thursday.  H.S. Volleyball is away on Wed. and hosts Mountainside this Friday at 4:00 pm.  We hope you can join us!!!!


H.S. Cross Country and Jr. High Cross Country have meets this weekend!


Summer news



We want to give a shout out to our H.S. Boys Basketball Team.  They took 1st Place in the Arizona Small Ball Silver Bracket this past weekend.   


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Week of May 6th

We want to recognize some of our H.S. Spring Athletes


H.S. Baseball-  2A Valley Recognition

Lucas Hesson was Defensive Player of the Year

1st Team- Pitcher- Lucas Hesson ,  Andrew Waldo Pitcher, Ryan Rocco Catcher Sam Oneill Position Player

2nd Team- Max Fiorsi, Nicholas Carlsson, Beckett Elliott, Stone Guymon, Brandon Kooner


Division III Section IV Boys Tennis   

Singles Player of the Year-  Mauricio Rubino


Boys Team Tennis Division III Section IV Region Champions-   Gilbert Classical Academy


Division III Section IV Girls Tennis  

Singles Player of the Year-Felicia Zhang


Division V Boys StateTrack-

800 Meter State Runner Up- Sotiris Katsanos

Long Jump State- 4th Place Ian Marshall


Division V Girls State Track-

4X800 Meter 3rd Place-  Makenzie Adcock, Zoey Emmert, Abigail Sawyer and Heidi Ulrickson 

4X400 Meter 5th Place-  Payton Kloepping, Zoey Emmert, Taylor Perry and  Heidi Ulrickson.



Week of April 22nd.

Home games this week include:


Monday- April 22-   Jr. High baseball and Volleyball home against Mesquite Jr. High.    H.S. softball home @ Mesquite Jr. ,  

Baseball away.  

H.S. Boys Volleyball away @ Mesquite High


Tuesday- Jr. High Track away @ Highland Jr. ,  

Varsity Track away.


Wed.-  Jr. High baseball and Volleyball home against Desert Ridge


Thursday- H.S. Track away,   H.S. Boys Volleyball home *last game of the season!



Week of April 15th- Honoring Our Seniors!

We are Honoring our Seniors in Tennis Players on Tuesday April 16th @ Mesquite Jr.  matches start @ 4:00.  H.S. Baseball Senior Night is also on the 16th @ 4:00 pm.   H.S. Track is honoring @ the District Meet on April 16th and Softball is this Friday @ 4:00 pm @ Mesquite Jr.  



Week of March 24th

We have Jr. High SportsStarting Monday-  They are :

Girls Volleyball, Boys Baseball and coed Track!  Make sure you are cleared to tryout for Monday!


Home games this week include:


Tuesday- Boys Volleyball home at 4:00,  

 

Wed-  JV baseball home @ 3:30,  Beach volleyball home at Highland  6:00 pm


Thursday-  Varsity Softball home at Mesquite Jr.   Tennis home ,  and Boys Volleyball home @ 4:30 




Shout out to All Region Soccer Team Recognition


Girls 3A Metro All Region Team


All Region 1st Team


Shiloh Ulrickson Forward,  

Payton Kloepping  Forward

Heidi Ulrickson  Mid Fielder


All Region 2nd Team


Sofia Anaya Defender

Kennedy Emmert Forward

Alexis Emmert Goalie


Honorable Mention


Esha Bhatia

Zoey Emmert

Zawadi Kariuki

Aubrey Kloepping

Ashleigh Voiles



Boys Soccer 3A Metro All Region Team


1st Team


Paul Mueller  Defender

Kalel Mendoza Forward


2nd Team


Ian Marshall  Forward

Piers William Midfielder


Honorable Mention


Jose Fuentes

Connor Wheeler



H.S. Basketball All-Region Selections!


H.S. Girls Basketball


Maria Cristobal earned 1st Team Valley All Region Basketball -  All Positions


Alexa Garcia earned 2nd Team Valley All Region


Honorable Mention-  Taylor Perry and Annalise Kooner


H.S Boys Basketball Valley Region


1st Team -  Jakater Orbegozo


Spartans,


I hope you had a great Holiday Break! 

It's time to start preparing for 3rd Quarter Sports that start next Monday after school.   If you are participating, make sure you are signed up and cleared to start on Monday through Register my Athlete/  Activate.


The Sports include: Girls Basketball, Coed Flag Football, Cheer and Chess! 



Jr. High Flag football info meeting  Thursday during lunch in the basketball gym @ 11:20

Coaches are Nate- nathaniel.misquez@gilbertschools.net  and Coach darnelltabshicks@gmail.com


Jr. HIgh Girls Basketball info meeting Thursday @ lunch around 11:20  in Mr. Pettit's Room

Coach Castro- andres.castro@gilbertschools.net


Cheer- Coach Sammi Spellman   

sammi.spellman@gilbertschools.net


We are grateful you are part of the GCA Family! 


Go Spartans!!! 



Welcome Mike Tagliaferri!  H.S. Boys Volleyball


We would like to Welcome our Newest H.S. Head Coach for the new H.S. Boys Volleyball Program! Mike Tagliaferri. Those interested in participating this Spring, there is an info. meeting @ lunch in the gym. Below is his bio.

I am so excited to be Gilbert Classical Academy’s first ever men’s volleyball head coach. I love the game of volleyball and the spirit of competition it brings out of young men. I look forward to building a culture on positivity, hard-work, and winning. I invite any athlete that loves competition to come be a part of this program and put some banners on the wall!

Athletics has been an important part of my entire life. Growing up I played every sport. I went from football practice, to a basketball game, and the next day was getting ready for baseball tryouts. When I got to high school, I played football, basketball, and volleyball. I have learned from many coaches that I have played for and coached with and have combined it into my unique method of coaching. I played college football as a linebacker at Southern Utah University. Shortly after graduating, I got into coaching at the high school level. Of all the sports I have played, nothing matches the intensity, level of joy, and excitement as volleyball.

I coached at Centennial High School in Las Vegas as an assistant coach for five years. In 2018, we were able to win the 5A state championship and set many records along the way. Most wins in state history, highest national ranking in school history, and never dropped a set in the regional and state playoffs. After winning that state title, I knew I had to do it again but as a head coach. This will be my second stint as a head coach and am still chasing that state championship!

I am so excited for this opportunity and cannot wait to get to work!

Go Spartans! 



H.S. Girls Volleyball Recognition-  

 2A Valley Region Coach of the Year-  Janie Tomasek  GCA!


2A Valley Region 1st Team-  

Marie- Felicia Cristobal GCA  Hitter/Middle  Blocker

Ava Fay  GCA- Libero

Caitlin Chua-  Setter


2nd Team- 

Madeleine Mathews GCA- Outside Hitter


Honorable Mention-

Analise Kresge  GCA

Noelle Strait Constandse 


H.S. Swim and Dive-


Div. III BoysSwim Coach of the  Year!

Jordan Brough


Div. III Dive State Champ!

Alvaro Testa


23/24 Quick Glance 

 Please start now by updating physical and registering on Register My Athlete/Aktivate  https://www.registermyathlete.com/login/


High School-

 

*Fall H.S.  Swim, Volleyball, and Cross Country.   Start date/tryouts Monday August 7th

*Winter H.S. Oct. 30th  Basketball and Soccer

*Spring H.S. Feb. 5th  Tennis, Boys Volleyball, Baseball, Softball, Track and Beach Volleyball.


Jr. High-  (Quarterly)

 

1st Quarter- Boys Volleyball, Cross Country, Softball and Boys Soccer  July 31st!

2nd Quarter- Boys Basketball, Girls Soccer, Cheer  Oct. 16th

3rd Quarter-  Girls Basketball, Flag Football, Chess, Cheer?  Jan. 8th

4th Quarter- Baseball, Girls Volleyball, Track and Field  March 25th


Fall- Coach Contacts

H.S. Cross Country –   Varsity Head Coaches: Dawnelle Middlemiss Dawnelle.middlemiss@gilbertschools.net) and  Caryn Anson (caryn.anson@gilbertschools.net)

H.S. Volleyball- Janie Tomasek  janie.tomasek@gilbertschools.net

Swim and Dive- Head Coaches- Jordan.brough@gilbertschools.net & sara.munoz@gilbertschools.net

Jr. High Quarter 1-

Boys Soccer- Oscar.medina@gilbertschools.net

Boys Volleyball- sammi.spellman@gilbertschools.net

Girls Softball- maria.russell@gilbertschools.net

Coed Cross Country- delcia.petersen@gmail.com and Darren.hatcher@gilbertschools.net or dchatcher@mpsaz.org


Sports Checklist prior to starting out!!

If you have any questions please feel free to email Mr. Fraughton at casey.fraughton@gilbertschools.net or Mrs. Anderson at robin.anderson@gilbertschools.net





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