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Archive for June, 2011
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Westwind hires Ken Carrillo to rebuild hoops program
It looks like the Westwind Prep basketball program has recovered from its recent meltdown and is beginning a Phoenix-like rise from the ashes. The Phoenix charter school has hired a successful college coach to take over its high school basketball program and appears to have quashed rumors about departing players. That’s not particularly good news [...] -
Prime Time hoops tourney comes down to Phx vs. Tucson
Right up to days before the Mesa Summer Prime Time Tournament tossed up the opening tip, organizers were still busy juggling entries. Scottsdale’s Chaparral High School stepped in to replace Raymond S. Kellis High, a Glendale school, at the weekend basketball tournament. The Firebirds, which had just six players on their last-minute roster, lost all [...] -
AZ team wilts in heat of high school football All-Star game
A high school football All-Star game in the middle of summer, in the Arizona desert? What were they thinking? It happened over the weekend, with teams assembled from Arizona and Southern California ‘all stars’ meeting at a spring training baseball facility in Surprise, the culmination of a couple of years of planning by the two [...] -
Erickson gets another QB recruit for ASU…get in line, T.J.
Will some of the ASU quarterback hopefuls please move to the other side of the boat? It’s beginning to list heavily to one side. It looks like the Arizona State program just picked up another good one, as T.J. Millweard has reportedly backed out of his commitment to Virginia Tech, which he made in February, [...] -
UA track & field off to a good start at USA Championships
Brigetta Barrett will be in good company this afternoon, as she prepares to compete in the high jump for a chance to represent the United States later this summer at the IAAF World Championships in South Korea. The sophomore at the University of Arizona is part of a contingent from the Tucson school that traveled [...] -
Arizona struggling at Heartland Classic baseball tourney
Team Arizona started strong by crushing Arkansas in the opening game at the Heartland Classic baseball tournament, but quickly lost its mojo and is now on a three-game losing skid. The annual event in Oklahoma, which features high school teams from seven states and Canada, provides a stage for some of the country’s best players. [...] -
After winning hoops title, Westwind Prep faces a shakeup
Sometimes, things just have a way of working themselves out. Maybe we’re seeing that with the case against the Westwind Preparatory Academy boys’ basketball team. One of its biggest acquisitions for next season has departed from the small school on the west side of Phoenix that has been on a quest to become a national [...] -
GCU soccer success draws top talent from other schools
It’s no secret in sports that winning attracts winners. And the Grand Canyon University men’s soccer team is a prime example. The Antelopes finished last season ranked No. 2 in the West Region of the Division II Pacific West Conference, and No. 7 in the nation. Their 15-3-2 record was the third best in school [...] -
Hamilton, Chaparral win early-summer passing tourneys
The football season is still months away, but already footballs are filling the air as high school quarterbacks use the increasingly-popular passing leagues and tournaments to sharpen their skills during the summer. Numerous 7-on-7 passing tournaments around the state draw dozens of teams, providing fun and high-energy competition among teams that field just a quarterback, [...] -
Jahii Carson v. Josiah Turner hoops match-up has to wait
Josiah Turner‘s last-minute decision to pull out of the USA Basketball U19 training camp is disappointing… and a little disconcerting. It’s disappointing because it would have offered a preview of sorts for next season, when the five-star recruit begins his college career with the University of Arizona. As one of just three high school players [...]
