Last call for Pima football at home
Story by HANK ROBICHAUD
Photos by HANK ROBICHAUD, MADYSON HOWARTH and JOE GIDDENS
It’s like this every time Pima Community College plays Eastern Arizona College, according to Head coach Jim Monaco’s wife, Dannielle Monaco.
She said she fainted when the two teams faced off a couple years ago from how close and exciting that game was.
It’s been that kind of week, both on and off the field in the twilight of Pima Football. Monaco was named Pima Community College’s new Acting Athletics Director on Oct. 29.
This comes after the Aztecs played the program’s final home game on Oct. 27. They faced off against No. 9 Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters.
It was a close and chippy game throughout but the Aztecs outlasted the Gila Monsters in the end, when Jake Smith blocked a literal last-seco...