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Abigail Urquidez, Angelica Garrido, Gabrella Musselman, Leonor Guardado and Desire Dublin.
Chuy Rosales, Josh Zaker, Preston Anderson, Zach Merrill, T’reek Hedrix, and Qujuan Steward.
Tyler Bloom, Malik Cobbins, Frigny Niclasse, Bradley Woods, and Zane Whiting
Poston Butte and Queen Creek were among the area high schools that recently hosted Senior Nights to honor the seniors on their respective basketball teams.
The Broncos’ boys’ team recognized six seniors – Preston Anderson, Chuy Rosales, Josh Zaker, Zach Merrill, T’reek Hendrix, and Qujuan Steward before the Feb. 5 game versus Scottsdale Prep Academy.
The seniors were honored in winning fashion as the Broncos defeated SPA, 52 – 30.
The Lady Broncos recognized five seniors and celebrated cancer survivors in a Breast Cancer Awareness game on Senior Night.
Abigail Urquidez, Angelica Garrido, Gabriella Musselman, Leonor Guardado, and Desiree Dublin were honored before the Feb. 2 game against Higley. The Lady Broncos dominated the Knights, 61 – 16.
“I wanted to breakdown the whole time, knowing that was my last time playing on the home court,” Musselman answered when asked to describe her emotions on Senior Night. “It gave me more passion to lay it all out on the court.”
Queen Creek seniors Tyler Bloom, Frigny Niclasse, Bradley Woods, Zane Whiting, and Malik Cobbins were honored before the Bulldogs’ game versus Casa Grande on Feb. 4
Bulldogs’ head coach Troy Gibson knows it’s a special group and hopes the team can continue playing with a long run in the postseason.
“Bradley and Frigny have been with us since sixth grade,” Gibson said. “We’ve seen them grow up and we’ve been through a lot together, so we’re going to miss them. Tyler and Zane have added a lot of toughness to our team. Malik came from Kansas and fit in really well.”
“This is a pretty good group; I like them. We’d all like to be around [for the postseason] and keep it rolling.”
Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management. Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles. In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014. He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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