Welcome to PHXFan!
PHXFan is the leading sports blog for Arizona High School and College sports. It is the next generation of SportZine Magazine, which hit high school campuses throughout the Valley in 2003. More About PHXFan...
Arizona Sports (AZCentral)
Archive for September, 2011
-
Hamilton vs. Chandler tops prep football menu in Week 6
As the high school football season turns the corner into the second half, and we get a lot of the lopsided early-season match-ups in the rear view mirror, Week 6 has some much-anticipated contests on the Friday night menu. The meeting between Scottsdale powers, Chaparral High School and Notre Dame Prep would normally have been [...] -
Kelli Dallmann sparks NAU volleyball’s 12-0 record start
After six weeks of play, there are only three undefeated Division I college volleyball teams in the country. Two of them are in the Big Ten and the other calls Arizona its home. One of the Big 12 teams? Nope… it’s Northern Arizona University, which plays in the smaller, less-prestigious Big Sky Conference. And, even [...] -
UA’s Kevin Parrom is second gunshot victim this year
Maybe Arizona’s Pac-12 coaches need to institute a new policy that says players can’t return home until their full tour with their program is over. That might cut down on injuries – at least the kind that result from gun fire. Kevin Parrom, a 6’6″ forward on the University of Arizona basketball team, is the [...] -
Brophy, Xavier swimmers deep in talent again this year
Entries were down somewhat at the annual Brophy/Xavier Swim & Dive Invitational this year. But, hey, the organizers are lucky anybody wants to come since the outcome is pretty much determined before the first swimmers hit the water. Of course, if you apply that strategy to the full season, there wouldn’t be any events to [...] -
Defense shines, offense scores often…ASU beats USC
Vontaze Burfict got a little personal payback last night, while his Arizona State football team took out 11 years of frustration by finally beating an old rival. It was an interception by Burfict, a pre-season consideration for national defensive player of the year, that proved to be the turning point in ASU’s 43-22 win over [...] -
It’s not October yet, but UA football already in crunch time
Tomorrow’s game against Oregon is just the fourth game on the 2011 football schedule for the University of Arizona, but it could be the tipping point of the season. The Wildcats are 1-2, with the cupcake opener against Northern Arizona their only win. Since then, they’ve taken on consecutive ranked teams, losing to Oklahoma State [...] -
Yet another college golf program starts…at Embry-Riddle
Recruiting good golfers to a small college in Prescott isn’t like trying to draw them to the University of Arizona. Particularly when that school in the pines specializes in aeronautical studies. But that’s Kim Haddow‘s lot in life right now. Haddow, who was the head golf coach at the UofA from 1982 to 1985, was [...] -
Prep football Week 4: rearranging top big-school rankings
We’ve only finished Week 4 of the high school football season, but there was no doubt that at least two of the top-ranked teams in the big-school divisions were about to fall. That’s because four of the top five teams in Division I were playing against each other. No. 3 Brophy Prep was the only [...] -
GCU women’s soccer rebounds from surprising 0-3 start
After a disastrous start to the season, Grand Canyon University’s soccer team has breathed new life into its plans to contend again this year for a conference title – and a group of local high school standouts have made significant scoring contributions to the turn-around. The Antelopes’ women’s soccer team was a pre-season pick to [...] -
A tough weekend for Arizona’s D-I football teams
All three of Arizona’s Division I football teams played yesterday, and the result was the same across the board. Not a win in the bunch. Arizona State can’t keep from shooting itself in the foot. Too many scoring opportunities were squandered in yesterday’s game with Illinois, as penalties (eight) and turnovers (three) kept moving the [...]
