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Janice Franklin Named Head Pom Coach, Smalley to Assist

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Janice Franklin has been named the Head Coach of the Notre Dame Prep Pom program, Athletics Director Mark Cisterna announced.

Franklin assisted Brie Dragonetti during the 2021 season in her first season on the staff.

She joins NDP after serving as the Head Varsity Pom Coach at Shadow Ridge High School for two seasons from 2018-20. She has also worked as an instructor at the JuiceBox Dance Academy and has been a co-choreographer and collaborator fore the DanceEstrella Performing Company at Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale.

She was a member of the Desert Edge Pom team and served as captain during her prep career.

She will be assisted by Kaylee Smalley. She has served as the assistant varsity coach and freshman head coach at Shadow Ridge High School from 2019-20 before joining the NDP staff. She was also the Head Choreographer with the Phoenix Children’s Choir summer camp and choreographed and performed with the Dysart District Student Show choir in 2018 and 2019.

Smalley led Shadow Ridge to a second-place finish in 2018 and fourth place in 2019. She was the choreographer and led rehearsals for the 32-member team.

Sports Recap Week of September 5, 2022 

 

Volleyball:  

The Varsity Volleyball team had a full slate of games last week - 2 non-league matches as well as a tournament. The Saints went 8-3 on the week, opening with a huge come from behind win over Verrado on Wednesday night. The Saints were down 0-2 to start the match but clawed their way back to force a 5th and deciding set. The Dog Pound was in full effect and helped push our NDP Saints to a 15-13 final set win! Over the weekend, the team went 6-3 at the Westwood Tournament of Champions and finished in 2nd place in the Silver Bracket. Junior Evan Hendrix ('24) fired her 1000th career high school kill for NDP. What a great achievement!   

The JV volleyball Team went 2-0 on the week and the Frosh Team finished 1-1. 

  

Football:  

The Varsity Football Team opened their home campaign with a decisive 50-0 trouncing over visiting Ironwood. Junior Quarterback Noah Trigueros fired 5 touchdown passes with 280 passing yards. Sophomore Cooper Perry hauled in four touchdown receptions and 124 total receiving yards. Junior Reid Meyer ran for 58 yards and a TD as well. The JV Team lost a close one 14-24 to Desert Edge while the Freshman Team  beat visiting Ironwood 30-6. 

  

Cross Country 

NDP's Cross Country teams raced at the Fountain Hills Invite at Fountain Park on Saturday with Junior Evan Grawer placing 7th for our boy's team and Junior Ava Handel placing 14th for our girl's team. Boys Varsity placed 6th overall and girl's varsity placed 12th overall. 

  

Girls Golf 

Girls Golf squared off against Cactus Shadows on Wednesday and Makenna Cox led the way for the Saints with a 52. 

  

Boys Golf 

Boy's golf took down Desert Mountain on Tuesday with a score of 147-162. Freshman Landon Ashcroft fired a 33 to lead all golfers. 

  

Swimming 

Swimming had the week off. 

  

Cheer/Pom 

Cheer and Pom looked fantastic as they showed NDP Saints Spirit at the Varsity Football game last Thursday night. The halftime performance was great! Keep working hard, ladies - your first competitions will be here before you know it! 

  

Hockey 

The D1 Hockey Team opened their regular season and won twice over the weekend, beating Campo Verde 5-3 and Brophy 6-1. Junior, Cody Bjorndale tallied 4 goals and Senior, Tyler Posch scored five goals respectively. Shout out to the great crowd at the Brophy game on Sunday Night. 

 

Go Saints! 

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