Welcome to Cowboy Country Athletics! Our 2007-2008 Spring sports season begins in March 2008 and continues through May 2008. Plan on attending our home and away games. Join the fun and cheer our Cowboys to victory. Head Football Coach Fernando Carmona was promoted to Chaparral Athletic Director in June 2007.  Coach Carmona is loved and respected by students and faculty alike.  Chaparral High School is honored and thrilled to have him as a member of our family. Be sure to read his biography below. Baseball Coach Todd Faranda II has taken the lead in bringing you complete and up-to-date Chaparral sports information.  Along with the help of Coach Gary Trbovich and Coach Jay Renneker, they bring you the following Web sites: Chaparral Baseball Chaparral Volleyball Chaparral Basketball Download our Spring 2008 Sports Calendar.

Participation in College Athletics   Student Athletes: if you plan on participating in intercollegiate athletics at a Division I or II college, you must register and be cleared through the NCAA Elibibility Center. Please click on this link for more information.

Our Cowboy Coaching Staff   Fernando Carmona - Athletic Director

Men's Sports Baseball T. Faranda II Diving J. Hashagen Golf H. Loosbroock Swimming L. Borreson Track & Field L. Soares Volleyball P. Nihiapali   Women's Sports Cheer D. Striegel Diving J. Hashagen Softball M. Yoder Swimming J. Hashagen Track & Field M. Padovesse

Our Athletic Director - Coach Fernando Carmona Coach Fernando Carmona is no stranger to Chaparral. He graduated from Chaparral in 1981 after a stellar sports career. He earned seven varsity letters in three different sports: baseball, football, and wrestling. He lettered his freshman year in wrestling and was part of three State Championship teams in wrestling and baseball. After graduation, he attended Dixie College on a baseball and football scholarship. He then transferred to the University Of Utah on a full baseball scholarship, where he was a unanimous All-Conference player two years in the Western Athletic Conference. Coach Carmona started his coaching career as the American Legion Baseball Head Coach at Chaparral in 1987.  He subsequently joined CCSD and began coaching at Rancho with hopes of returning to Chaparral. He joined Chaparral in 1999 as the freshman football coach and worked his way up the ranks. He was named Varsity Head Football Coach at the end of the 2003 season. Last year he was named Athletic Director; his goal is to lead the Cowboys back to their glory years. Coach Carmona met his wife Gail at Chaparral in 1981, and they have been married for twenty-six years. They have two boys, George and Fernando Junior.