Nick Allen

"That was a tough one to recover from," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said.

Ironwood Ridge High School baseball coach Nick Allen usually has tremendous confidence in starting pitcher Derek Boris.
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"He can be real dirty at times," Allen said.
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"I felt like if we could get to their pen, we could get a different look," Allen said.
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Douglas "did a good job with the pressure game, and punched a couple hits through when they needed to," Allen said.

• Nick Allen, the former Ironwood Ridge baseball coach, has been hired to take over the Amphi baseball program left vacant by Allen's best friend, Todd Naskedov.
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• Hisey, who won 252 games at Catalina Foothills from 1995-2005, stepped down over the summer as Pima's pitching coach to take over at Ironwood Ridge, replacing Allen, who resigned after last season.

"I hope the situation works out for all three of us," said Allen. "It's interesting how it's turned out and we all just sort of swapped jobs."

Allen, 29, and Naskedov coached together for five years in Washington before Allen moved to Tucson to take an assistant coaching spot on Naskedov's Amphi squad for two years. Allen, 29, and Naskedov coached together for five years in Washington before Allen moved to Tucson to take an assistant coaching spot on Naskedov's Amphi squad for two years.
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When that happened, Allen was the natural successor to take over an Amphi program that has won more games than any program in southern Arizona in the past three years.

The three-way coaching carousel could be a win-win-win situation, although Allen could have the hardest time this spring carrying on the success of his predecessor, for two reasons.
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Allen, however, hopes to one up his friend by bringing home Amphi's first state baseball title since 1980.
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"If that happens, he'll probably get two things from me," Allen said.

"What I heard from coaches of fall and winter sports is that it's really important to get off to a good start," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said.
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"We're sitting right in the middle of the power points, but our sole focus is on winning the region," said Allen, who also cited the area's collective 5A youth as a reason for the slow start.

"I felt we came in with intensity and focus," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said.

"Momentum has been non-existent," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said. But the Nighthawks exploded Thursday for an 11-1 victory at Sahuaro, a school that Ironwood Ridge lost to in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A Division I state playoffs last year. "We played a good game against a really good club," Allen said.
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"The way I describe it was kind of like a kick in the teeth on what happened to us," Allen said.

"As a three seed, you hope you get a chance, and we got it, and (Sabino) just got it done in the clutch," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said.

"We're trying to smooth things out as we go," Ironwood Ridge coach Nick Allen said.