July AHSHA Update
To All AHSHA Parents, Players, Coaches, Managers and Volunteers,
Fall Registration is now open. You can register for the Fall 2010-2011 season on www.thunderonice.com. The cost of the fall program is the same as last year.
Register before August 15 and pay $1299 early bird fee and have your payments using flexi-pay spread out over 5 payments. You pay 40% of the fee at registration and you pay 15% more on September 1, October 1, November 1 and December 1.
Registration fees increase to $1399 on August 16 and you have less months to spread your fees out over. This is the same structure as last year. The later in the season you register: the fewer payments that are available.
You will also have an option to pay by credit card outside of Sportability or to pay your registration fees by check. You can use a special discount code “fall10” on the registration payment page instead of your credit card. An AHSHA representative will then contact you for payment information.
The Fall 2010-2011 Season will consist of 22 regular season games and 15 practices plus playoffs. Each team also gets a credit of $125.00 per player for home and away jerseys and home and away socks allocated to the team account. The plan is to start the season on September 10 and we will try to end the season the first weekend in March avoiding school spring breaks.
At this month’s board meeting, a new division structure was approved for next season. Teams will be classified as 5A, 4A, 3A or JV for the 2010-2011 season. Only pure varsity teams will be allowed to play in 5A. Mixed Varsity teams and Pure Varsity teams will less experience will be placed into 4A and 3A based upon playing ability.
These decisions on where teams will be placed will be made by our Coaching Competition Committee. A preliminary assignment of teams by division is located on the Team School Worksheet posted to the 2010-2011 Fall Registration on the thunderonice website.
There will also be cross division play where the 5A teams will play the 4A teams and the 4A teams will play the 3A teams and the 3A teams will play the JV teams. We are still working out the mechanics of how this will work on Sportability for tracking team wins, loses and statistics.
Another one of our Major Initiatives for next season will be to improve the scheduling process and to get it published on a more consistent basis. Each Team Manager will be asked to take part in several scheduling meetings and have input into the home game and practice slots that are allotted to each team. More information will follow and we hope this we lead to a better more accurate schedule that should be consistent for all teams.
Listed below are the Head Coaches that have been approved for the fall season. We are still in the process of approving Head Coaches for a few teams. Assistant coaches and team managers are still needed for most teams.
Team Position Name
Boulder Creek Head Coach David Zak
Brophy Broncos Head Coach Eric Murrietta
Brophy Broncos JV Head Coach Jason Wright
Cactus Shadows Head Coach Joel Van Conant
Centennial Coyotes Head Coach Greg Vaughn
Chaparral Firebirds Head Coach Dave Warnoker
Corona del Sol Aztecs Head Coach Tait Green
Desert Mountain Wolves Head Coach Barry Harcus
Desert Mountain Wolves JV Head Coach Tony Radke
Desert Vista Thunder Head Coach Dean Argeros
Flagstaff Avalanche Head Coach Mark Donnelly
Gilbert Head Coach Gary Swanson
Hamilton Huskies Head Coach David Smith
Highland Head Coach Andrew Dudley
Horizon Huskies Head Coach Edward Georgevich
Horizon Huskies JV Head Coach Craig Morningstar
Lady Coyotes JV Head Coach Gayle Shalloo
Mesquite Wildcats Head Coach Brian Fanzo
Mountain Pointe Pride Head Coach Marty Gilan
Mountain Ridge Mt Lions Head Coach John McIntosh
North Canyon Rattlers Head Coach Rick Hering
Notre Dame Prep Saints Head Coach Mark Ciaccio
Notre Dame Prep Saints JV Head Coach Chris Clement
O'Connor Head Coach TBD
Pinnacle Pioneers Head Coach Glenn Karlson
Prescott Head Coach TBD
Sunrise Mountain Mustangs Head Coach Jim Baudanza
Tucson Monsoon Head Coach Fred Dail
Thunder U18 Head Coach Rick Hering
Thunder U16 Head Coach Frank Kralgic
Volunteers are always needed to serve on the AHSHA Board, AHSHA Committees, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Team Managers. Please fill out a staff or board application on the thunderonice.com website for next season. Our next Manager and Board Meeting is scheduled for August 14 at a location TBD.
We are in the process of resolving our financial commitments from last season and hope to have everything completed before the start of the new fall season. By reducing league administrative and operating costs for the upcoming fall season, we are able to pay our bills from last season while still able to fund the new season.
If you have any questions on high school hockey, please contact us at thunderonice@thunderonice.com . You can also call us 602-799-7447.
Thanks for your support of high school hockey. We are looking forward to a terrific Fall Season.
Jon Brooks for the entire AHSHA Board
