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Mountain Pointe HS classmates a rarity for AZ hall of fame
A couple of Mountain Pointe High School graduates were included in this year’s hall of fame class of Arizona athletes. They have also set a precedent that may never be duplicated. Nicole Powell and Sara Gorton were just inducted into the azcentral.com Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame. They are among a group of 33 [...] -
Hoops star gets chance to join elite group of college frosh
Kayla MacKenzie earned three region Player of the Year awards during her basketball career at Glendale’s Raymond S. Kellis High School. She set a 4A state record for points in a single game: 54. She averaged 27 points a game last year, her senior season. And she played in-your-face defense, snagging 18 steals in one game, also a [...] -
Four local players will join GCU basketball for 2010-11
The Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team has wrapped up its 2010-11 recruiting class and, as usual, it includes a good share of local talent. Coach Trent May announced the final signing, a 5′7″ guard from Los Angeles Southwest College. Zajve Woods was the South Coast Conference South Division MVP, averaging 12.4 points per game and [...] -
GCU women’s hoops program reels in more local talent
Grand Canyon University in West Phoenix has become a haven for local high school athletes who want to continue playing, but also want to stay close to home. The Antelopes’ women’s basketball program filled more than half its roster this season with Arizona products. And this year’s recruiting class has a major tilt to local talent. Four [...] -
Salt River girls took on all comers enroute to 1A hoops title
It’s not quite the story for another Hoosiers movie. But it’s a basketball story worth repeating, as the Salt River HS girls basketball team finished it’s long journey this year by capturing the 1A state championship. The Eagles beat Gila Bend HS, 66-51, even though Ashley Wirtzberger scored 28 points. Wirtzberger, Gila Bend’s senior guard who [...] -
Scoring records fall… but who did Richard Jefferson call?
High school basketball scoreboards have been on fire this season, as both state and national scoring records were broken out here in the desert. Ashley Wirtzberger, a senior point guard at Gila Bend HS, broke the national 3-point record with 473 treys. Corey Hawkins, a senior guard at Estrella Foothills HS, erased NBA guard Mike Bibby’s [...] -
A six-hour bus trip… and a longer ride back
Congrats, Lady Eagles! You’ve done what other girls high school basketball teams have been unable to accomplish in the last five years. Flagstaff HS beat Page HS in a region game this week – on Page’s home court! That hasn’t been done since January of 2005 when Sinagua HS snuck out of town with a one-point [...] -
Learning on the run, without the textbooks
School books are pretty much set aside during the holidays. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot to learn if you’re on a high school basketball team. And many of our Valley high school girls teams used tourney play during December to find out if they really have game. Valley Christian HS in Chandler found their [...]