Motivation can be a powerful force in sports. And it comes in many forms. Just ask the Hamilton High School girls’ volleyball team. As the Chandler school was waiting for its … Read More
If you’re looking for a good example of a steady, consistently-good college sports program, the University of Arizona track & field program would be a good place to start the … Read More
The Salpointe Catholic girls’ volleyball team lost to Notre Dame Prep during the regular season, getting swept 3-0 to close out October. But NDP coach Holly McLean admitted that she didn’t … Read More
Maybe Zach Bennett didn’t have to work so hard this season, after all. The senior running back who has broken more than a dozen school records during his prep career … Read More
Just like old times. If you’re a high school sports fan who was living in the Chandler community in the early 2000s, you had to be aware of the football … Read More
Arizona’s Pac-12 football teams have something in common this season — the same recurring nightmare. The University of Arizona‘s loss to USC yesterday makes it a clean sweep by the … Read More
To no one’s surprise, this year’s Division I cross country state team titles went to the teams with the biggest weapons in their arsenals. This year’s winning schools each featured … Read More
Just keeping their teams COVID-free has become a major challenge for Arizona high school football coaches. But three big-school teams have survived all six weeks so far, and remain unbeaten. … Read More
Arizona State‘s football team is scheduled to play California on Saturday. But the Sun Devils will be flying blind going into that game at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU wasn’t able … Read More
After 32 consecutive state swim titles, Brophy Prep found an opponent it couldn’t beat: the coronavirus. Just days before this weekend’s state meet was to begin, the school announced that … Read More
Arizona State will be looking for a return to 2018 when it opens its football season Saturday against USC. That was the last time the Sun Devils beat the Trojans, … Read More
It was another private party at this year’s D-I boys’ high school golf state championship. For the past three years, the top two finishers at state have been either Hamilton … Read More
Brophy Prep’s football loss Friday night to Pinnacle High School doesn’t just mark another defeat, but more significantly, it may have been the team’s last hope to avoid a winless … Read More
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
