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Picking Arizona, Aaron Sovern steps down as Yorkville Christian boys basketball coach. ‘Somewhere more warm.’

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The warmth of the sun beckons. Aaron Sovern didn’t know it would come on the heels of a mid-March blizzard Monday when he made plans to announce — after the high school boys basketball season officially ended with the conclusion of the state finals — that he would be stepping down as Yorkville Christian’s coach. The timing now, however, seems fitting.

Sovern and his wife Liz, who both hold ...

The warmth of the sun beckons. Aaron Sovern didn’t know it would come on the heels of a mid-March blizzard Monday when he made plans to announce — after the high school boys basketball season officially ended with the conclusion of the state finals — that he would be stepping down as Yorkville Christian’s coach. The timing now, however, seems fitting.

Sovern and his wife Liz, who both hold multiple positions at the school, will stay through the end of the academic year before following through with plans to relocate to Arizona. “There’s a litany of reasons,” Sovern said. “Health, for one, out west with the dry heat.

We’ve wanted to move somewhere that’s more warm. ” Brady , their youngest of two sons, currently attends college at Grand Canyon in Phoenix. “It’s not like I have anything lined up,” Aaron Sovern said.