Coach Mo Basketball

Up against the 5A's again, Phoenix Christian's track team placed 5th in a field of 16 at Scottsdale Arcadia's prestigious Titan Relay's. The sprint medley team of Sam Ledford, Geoff Burns, Matt Kredit and Nate Huss burned the field with a 1:39.6, narrowly beating Mesa Dobson. The Long jump squad of Ledford, Kredit and basball player Eric Perez placed secon totaling 58 feet. Mesa Mountain View won with a total of 60'4". The Cougars snatched two 3rd places also. One in another showdown against Mountain View in the distance medley. The team of Jack Vermeer (800), Brant Frazee (1200), Nate Huss (400) and Paul Bell was clocked at 11:21. In the other silver, the boy's 400 meter relay of Ledford, Burns, Danny Lazerri and Huss qualified for state with a time of 44.63 finishing second in their heat to Mesa Dobson. In other relays, the boy's 4x200 relay was 4th, the shuttle hurdle relay 5th, the girls distance medley 6th, the boy's mile medley 7th? and the girls high jump team (CY SPeck) 8th. The boy's team was 5th in a field of Mesa Schools (Mountain View, Dobson, Mesquite), Arcadia, Flagstaff Coconino, Camelback and Maryvale. Not bad. Our next varsity track meet will be on March 27th as we host the Phoenix Christian Invitational at Phoenix College. Parents should contact Mr or Mrs Stahl for volunteer information. Junior varsity competes on Thursday the 11th at Phoenix Christian. We need help there also. Contact Coach Mo for details.

15 Schools from accross the state are invited to participate in the 2004 Phoenix Christian Invitational a 2004 state qualifier! Events will be run in the standard meet format (like at Queen Creek). That is, no finals. Athletes will be seeded according to times and marks with the top marks participating in the top heats in their events. Accutrack times take precedence. SCHEDULE FIELD EVENTS START AT 10am (NO POLE VAULT!!!) 9:30am-Boy's & girls long jump 9:30am-Girls shot put, Boys discus 10am-Boy's High Jump, girls high jump follows 12pm-Boy's shot put, girls discus RUNNING EVENTS 10:30-Slow heats first 4x800 High Hurdles 1600 meters 400m Relay 400m Dash 300m Hurdles 800m Run 200m Dash 3200m Run 1600m Relay Awards Ceremony 4x800 (slow heats

Director, Head Coach A 13 year Air Force Veteran (Training Systems Specialist), Coach Mo began working as a coach in the Phoenix area in 1990 at Luke Air Force base where his 56 Medical Group football teams enjoyed a 40-4 record in 4 years with 4 championship appearances (winning 3). As as an assistant football and track coach at Peoria Centennial (91-94), Phoenix Moon Valley (93-98) and Desert Vista (99-2000) high Schools his athletes enjoyed phenomenal success dominating the sprints, jumps & hurdles in their respective regions. In 1999 Coach Mo's sprinters won every sprint, hurdle & long jump title in the region while he was at Moon Valley (he also tutored sprinters from Apollo, Independence, Cactus & Centennial High Schools). His Lightning Track Club (LTC) trained athletes won nearly every sprint, hurdle & long jump event in the region during his ttenure based out of Moon Valley in the Glendale District. In 1997 & 98, he coached back to back state sprint champs Jamaal Peterson (100m, silver at 200, 4th in the 100HH) and Brandon Bardwell (200m, silver at 400, 4th in the 100m). He was also the receivers & defensive backs coach at Moon (93-94) tutoring 4 all-region selections. Since 1994, Coach Mo speed campers & LTC alumni won over four dozen regional titles, three dozen top 4 state finishes and over 30 state Championships. In 2000, he helped Desert Vista's girls team to the 5A title, coached 5A triple jump state champ Bobby Wade (Chicago Bears) and turored state class spinter and Footlocker classic finalist (100m) Chris Snow, a major league baseball draft pick. He was also an assistant coach for the region champion Thunder football team. In 2002, Coach Mo reunited with former Desert Vista football and track Coach Jim Rattay at Phoenix Christian High School. Since then, the two continued their winning ways as the Cougar football team has won consecutive region and a state titles (2003 & 2004). The two enjoyed a 25-1 run while at DV. Coach Mo became the Cougars head track & field coach in 2003, coaching the Cougar sprinters, hurdlers & jumpers. During his tenure, the Cougars have had their best showing in 20 years with 90 top 10 finishes and 14 championships in the 2A metro region including second place team finishes in 2003 & 2004. At the state championships, his athletes have had 50 top 10 finishes and three state titles. The boys team was state runner up in 2005. 2005 brought in a who new dimension to Coach Mo's resume as many of the NFL combine's top performers had ties to his speed camps. NFL prospects Roddy White, JJ Arrington, Jason Brown, Rob Hunt, CJ Mosely, Vince Jackson, Kelvin Hayden, Lofa Tatupu, Mich Meeuwsen and a host of other traind with Coach Mo for their respective NFL Pro Day's, shining brightly in Indianapolis. Dozens of basketball, softball and volleyball players that attended Coach Mo Speed Camps have been named to all-state teams, forty three were honored by their regions in their respective sports. A succesful string of All-state running backs like DJ Hollingsworth (Cactus '98), Kyran Jones (Peoria '99), Chasda Martin (Moon Valley '99), Bobby Wade (Desert Vista '00), Philo Sanchez (Tucson Sunnyside '01) C.R. Davis (Moon Valley 02) and Kyle Gingg (Phoenix Christian '03) all spent time with Coach Mo's speed training. He's also trained all-region and all-state recievers at four different schools. A former Air Force & college sprinter and guest speaker at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic, Coach Mo's client list has included Aeneas Williams (St. Louis Rams), Simeon Rice (Buccaneers), Javon Walker (Packers), Shaun McDonald (Rams), Terry Fair (Steelers), Tony Womack (Boston Red Socks), Michael Bankston (Redskins), Travis Brown (Bills), Allen DeGraffenried (Broncos), Terry Irving (Titans), Terrell Suggs & Frank Sanders (Ravens), Bryan Gilmore (Cardinals), Kwamme Lassiter (Chargers), MarTay Jenkins and other NFL, baseball, college and high school athletes. Recently, his speed camps have been instrumental in preparing college stars like Arizona State's McDonald, Suggs, Jimmy Verdon, Skyler Fulton, Regis Crawford and Jason Shivers for the NFL draft and training camps. Always one to to work with kids, Coach Mo also donates his time to the Rotary Clubs Field of Dreams project and supports the reading program at Nevitt School. For testimonials and more on Coach Mo, click on the photo below. 1 Thessalonians 5:17

ASSISTANT HEAD COACH Coach Tichenor Cougar distance coach and head cross country coach Carl Tichenor has been on the Cougar staff since 2000. Coach Tichenor had successful coaching stops in Michigan and New York before his recent stint at PCHS. At Southfield High School in Michigan, a perinnial athletic powerhouse, Coach Tichenor helped establish the cross country program and led the team with an impressive dual meet record (.794 win percentage)and two state championship appearances, a difficult task considering Michigan's qualification standards. He also coached four all-state cross country runners and was runner up for Coach of the year in 1977. He then set up shop for two years at Long Island, New York Lutheran high schoolwhere he was again successful as the cross country coach with a 15-10 record. As a Cougar, he brings with him an impressive record as a successful cross country & long distance coach tutoring two all-region runners and one all-stater. In 2003, he guided the Cougar 4 x 800 relays to region medals (the girls 4x4 won the region championship). His runners also had 6 top 10 finishes including 4 medal winners at 400, 800 and 1600 meters. His personal accomplishments include a Canadian national championship, a masters state championship and four national masters medals at 800 & 1500 meters. He was also a 3-time all conference performer at 800 meters.