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Ironwood Ridge breaks through in an epic battle with Mica Mountain

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Ashlyn Quiri holds her MVP Award in her right hand while helping to hoist the 4A State Championship Trophy with her left. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson).

When Ironwood Ridge head coach Bill Lang opened up the program in 2001 he predicted region championships would soon follow, it didn’t matter that there was no varsity program that year and the gym was still unfinished, he had a firm grasp on the kind of talent there was in the Oro Valley area. Lang played on the first official volleyball team at Canyon del Oro as a student in 1988 and he completed junior varsity coaching stints at Rincon and CDO while developing the Club Cactus Juniors, a top-level club program that remains today….

…Necas is the latest of a long line of athletes coached by Amy Johnson, who started at Salpointe in the fall of 2000 before turning Sabino around and starting the Mica Mountain program in 2020. Johnson was the architect of the Salpointe program and all the success that followed and she coached players such as Whitney Dosty, who played most of her career in the pre-rally scoring era which – unfortunately – led to fewer career kills…..

SOUTHERN ARIZONA KILL LEADERS
Ashlyn Quiri, Ironwood Ridge 2023-26 (1,681)
Mia Sokolowski, Tucson 2012-15 (1,514)
Aubrey Necas, Mica Mountain 2023-26 (1,411)
Lauren Rumel, Catalina Foothills 2018-21 (1,237)
Kallie George, Ironwood Ridge 2024-present (1,233)
Taylor Lane, Amphitheater 2008-10 (1,219)
Alina Nunez, Canyon del Oro 2019-22 (1,189)
Ainsley Malis, Tanque Verde 2016-19 (1,104)
Stephanie Mendivil, Cienega 2009-12 (1,100)
Michaela Christiaansen, Ironwood Ridge 2008-10 (1,096)
Aunesty Jantz, Ironwood Ridge 2012-15 (1,067)

Rally scoring in high school began in 2004.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA COACHING RECORDS

Amy Johnson, Salpointe/Sabino/Mica Mountain (Girls Active)
850-267-36 (1,153)
52-13 (65: Waubonsie Valley, Illinois)
505: Girls (1 runner-up)
347: Boys (2 runner-up)

Bill Lang, Ironwood Ridge (Girls Active)
835-477 (1,312)
617: Girls (1 championship, 2 runner-up)
218: Boys

Heather Moore-Martin, Green Fields/Catalina/Salpointe/Sabino (Girls Active)
719-210 (929)
505: Girls (3 championships & 2 runner-up)
214: Boys (2 championships)

Sandy Novak, Sahuaro
673-203 (876)
404: Girls (2 runner-up)
269: Boys (1 championship & 1 runner-up)

Juanita Kingston, Rincon/UHS
671-301 (972)
455: Girls (1 championship & 1 runner-up)
216: Boys (1 runner-up)

Melva Lundy, Canyon del Oro
592-234 (826)
(1 championship with the boys & 3 runner-up with the boys)
(unknown breakdown)

Heather Mott, Cienega (Boys Active)
569-209 (778)
280: Girls
289: Boys (3 championships)

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

St. David (9)
1972: 1A (Donald Roylance)
1976: 1A (Orland Merrill)
1982: 1A (Orland Merrill)
1983: 1A (Orland Merrill)
1989: 1A (Orland Merrill)
2013: D-V (Tylene Miller)
2016: 1A (Tylene Miller)
2019: 1A (Tylene Miller)
2020: 1A (Tylene Miller)

Willcox (6)
1976: 3A (Lois Seibel)
1979: 3A (Bobby Nelson)
1990: 2A (Bobby Nelson)
1988: 2A (Bobby Nelson)
1989: 2A (Bobby Nelson)
1990: 2A (Bobby Nelson)

Sahuaro (5)
1974: 5A (Pauline Jordan)
1975: 5A (Pauline Jordan)
1976: 5A (Pauline Jordan)
1981: 5A (Cherrie Brinlee)
1982: 5A (Cherrie Brinlee)

Salpointe (4)
2016: 4A (Heather Moore-Martin)
2017: 4A (Heather Moore-Martin)
2020: 4A (Heather Moore-Martin)
2025: 4A (Keith Rubio)

Rincon/UHS (3)
1973: 5A (Toni Edwards)
1979: 5A (Toni Edwards)
1993: 4A (Juanita Kingston)

Catalina (2)
1972: 5A (Mary Hines)
1983: 5A (Mary Hines)

Valley Union (2)
1974: 1A (Joe Burnside)
1985: 1A (Mike Thompson)

Benson
2005: 2A (Kimberly East)

Bisbee
1977: 3A (Mary Riley)

Bowie/San Simon
2007: 1A (Casey Lewis)

Flowing Wells
1991: 4A (Ed Nymeyer)

Ironwood Ridge
2026: 4A (Bill Lang)

Nogales
1975: 3A (Shelley Copeland)

Sabino
1989: 4A (Tim Demarchi)

San Manuel
1974: 3A (Diane NaDeau)

Sunnyside
1990: 4A (Rosa Lara)

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