Quick Hitters
Gila Ridge boys, girls hoops teams beat Glendale
The Gila Ridge boys basketball team defeated Glendale 95-47 on the road Wednesday night.
Jamison Kay (28 points), CJ Wiggins (16), Christian Medina (11) and Peyton Smith (10) all scored in double figures for the Hawks (4-2 AIA).
The Gila Ridge girls basketball team also won Wednesday, beating Glendale 41-16 at home.
Madi Fain (13 points), Molly Sims (12 points, 6 rebounds) and Yasmeen Alcala (5 points) led the way for the Hawks (4-2 AIA).
Jaguars fire Coughlin amid 3rd season, following NFLPA shot
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars fired top executive Tom Coughlin on Wednesday, parting ways with the two-time Super Bowl-winning coach a little more than a day after the NFL Players Union took a sledgehammer to his reputation.
Coughlin served as executive vice president of football operations since 2017. It was his second stint with Jacksonville, the expansion franchise he helped build from the ground up in the mid-1990s.
The unbending taskmaster had been in trouble for weeks because of the team’s sagging record and several questionable roster moves. The NFLPA seemingly forced owner Shad Khan’s hand after an arbitrator’s decision to undo millions in fines imposed by Coughlin himself.
The NFLPA said Monday that more than 25% of player grievances filed in the last two years have been against the Jaguars. The union’s take: “You as players may want to consider this when you have a chance to select your next club.”
“I determined earlier this fall that making this move at the conclusion of the 2019 season would be in everyone’s best interests,” Khan said in a statement. “But, in recent days, I reconsidered and decided to make this change immediately.
“I thank Tom for his efforts, not only over the past three years but for all he did from our very first season, 25 years ago, to put the Jacksonville Jaguars on the map.”
Khan said general manager Dave Caldwell and head coach Doug Marrone will each report directly to him on an interim basis.
“My expectations, and those of our fans, for our final two games and the 2020 season are high,” Khan added.
The game plan was to work the ball inside. Kofa’s shooters had other ideas.
The Kings used their best shooting performance of the season to cruise to a 61-46 victory over rival Yuma High on Wednesday at The Palace at Prison Hill, making 13 of 25 3-pointers in a game they led by double digits from the second quarter on.
Two weeks ago, Kofa needed overtime to beat Yuma High by one point in a Southwest Rotary Classic matchup. This time, the Kings opened up a 13-point firstquarter lead thanks to making 7 of 8 triples in the game’s opening
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eight minutes.
“We hit the first couple and we just rolled with it,” Kofa coach Jeff Frazine said.
Specifically, they hit their first four 3-point tries.
The Kings knew they had a mis