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Arizona Lutheran Academy (ALA) is a high school located in
Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1 ...
. The school is affiliated with the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee ...
(WELS). The high school was founded in 1978 and has been located in its present campus since 1986. ALA is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Accreditation and School Improvement. The school's mascot is the coyote and its colors black and gold ALA is a member of the 2A Conference of the
Arizona Interscholastic Association The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) is one of two regulatory bodies for high school athletics and activities in the state of Arizona. It comprises all of the state's public district high schools (except Ajo High School, Beaver Dam High S ...
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Sports


Basketball

ALA won the 1A boys' basketball championship in 1999 under coach Doug Meyer. ALA was also 2A runners-up in 1987 under coach Norman Tech and in 2005, 2006, 2012 and 2013 under Meyer. ALA won the 2A girls' basketball championship in 1991 under coach Bob Gruetzmacher, who had taken the team to the title game the year before and lost.


Football

ALA won the 1A football championship in 1992 under coach Doug Lange, who led the team to an undefeated season. ALA was also 2A runners-up in 2005 and 2007 under coach Doug Meyer.


Track and field

In 1998, ALA won the 1A girls' track and field title under coach Joan Tierney. Coach Tierney also led the Coyotes to runners-up positions in 1993, 1994, and 1999, while the team also tied for second in 2012. Tierney also coached the boys' team in the 1990s, leading that squad to runners-up positions in 1998 and 1999 and a third-place finish in 1997.AIA list of boys' track and field champions
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See also

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Martin Luther College Martin Luther College (MLC) is a private college in New Ulm, Minnesota, operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Martin Luther College was established in 1995, when Northwestern College (NWC) of Watertown, Wisconsin, combined ...
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Lutheranism Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
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Laveen, Arizona Laveen is a community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, situated southwest of Downtown Phoenix, between South Mountain and the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers. Parts of Laveen constitute an unincorporated community in Marico ...


References


External links


Official site
{{authority control Lutheran schools in Arizona High schools in Phoenix, Arizona Private high schools in Arizona Educational institutions established in 1978 1978 establishments in Arizona Secondary schools affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod