It was 23 years ago that Xavier Prep, the dominant high school girls team in Arizona, went two consecutive years without winning a state title. Scottsdale’s Horizon High School took … Read More
The Border League basketball tournament held over the weekend in the East Valley was a good idea. It just didn’t turn out that well for the Arizona high school teams … Read More
The ESPN sports network brought its cameras to Arizona Friday night to share a much-hyped high school football game with a national audience. But now they have to be questioning … Read More
That dark cloud that has been hanging over the University of Arizona men’s basketball program the last three years is about to turn into a full-blown, lightning-and-thunder rain storm. Yesterday, … Read More
Chaparral HIgh School is set to play its first game of the 2020 season tomorrow night, weeks after most Arizona high school teams already have several games under their belts. … Read More
With the start of the Pac-12 football season just weeks away, there are some questions yet to be answered about the University of Arizona football team. One question mark hanging … Read More
“What was I thinking?!” That question surely has popped into Scooter Molander‘s thought process as he begins another week of practice in preparation for the third game on the 2020 … Read More
It’s time again for the Red River Showdown, the annual rivalry game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, one of the biggest games on the college football schedule. … Read More
The addition of a former local prep star to the Northern Arizona University women’s basketball coaching staff may be signaling a return to more emphasis on recruiting in-state players. Head … Read More
The high school volleyball season is just getting underway, but if early results are any indication of what’s to come, Basha High School has a long, grinding road back to … Read More
“Significant.” That was the quick, to-the-point response from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott during a media interview yesterday, when he was asked what kind of impact was felt when the Big … Read More
What is it about Tucson that is drawing the studs in college sports? It’s always a big deal for a college when one of its major sports pulls in a … Read More
Cesar Chavez High School will have a new head coach when the boys’ basketball season begins. How that happened is the crux of the story. And it’s not the only … Read More
For the first 15 years of their cross-town rivalry, Chandler High School couldn’t find a way to beat Hamilton High, which had grown into a state and national power. It … Read More
It looks like Charli Turner Thorne won’t have to play ‘small ball’ for the foreseeable future. And that means big things are ahead for her Arizona State women’s basketball team. … Read More
Leo Daschbach is gone now from the Highland High School cross country program. And the chances for the team’s state title repeat this year likely followed him out the door. … Read More
It’s been a long, winding – and bumpy – road to reopening high school sports in Arizona. But it looks like we’ve finally reached the end of the trail. The … Read More
The success of a college basketball coach too often is defined by the number of national titles acquired during a career. Based on that criteria, John Wooden has to be … Read More
Arizona State football wanted to solidify its offensive line with its next recruiting class. A commitment from the top-rated center in the Class of 2021 will go a long way … Read More
The pirating of Arizona’s top high school basketball players by national teams has become an all-out assault. And the state’s governing body for prep sports continues to struggle with what … Read More
