City council awards medals to state champion basketball team (with video)

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Adam Wolfe
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The Maricopa City Council honored the Maricopa High School girls basketball team Tuesday night for winning the Division II State Championship.

Councilmember Henry Wade said he attended the final and was impressed with the girls’ poise and focus. “You deserve all the recognition today,” he said.

The Rams were the 12th seed in the playoffs, but pulled off an unlikely run to the state title. It was the first state championship in the school’s history.

“The state championship means a lot to me,” senior Tiara Edmond said. “It means we got everything accomplished that we needed to do as a team. We made it!”

This sentiment was echoed by her teammates as well.

Senior Jamila Rodgers stated the experience “brought us together as a team. We are all really excited about it.”

Junior Raegene Womack was happy about the team finally getting the respect they deserved.

“It means that we get recognition,” Womack said. “We won. We’re the champs.”

This was an historic win for the school and the city of Maricopa. Mayor Christian Price and other members of the board expressed their pride and appreciation for the team’s accomplishment.

Adam Wolfe
Adam Wolfe
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Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams.
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