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Cienega HS brings ‘Cinderella’ story to football title games
There will be some great high school football on display this weekend, as teams in the various divisions vie for state championships. But one game offers the best chance for a compelling storyline. Cienega High School will represent southern Arizona in a Saturday evening Division II game at Sun Devil Stadium. The Bobcats, from tiny [...] -
AZ prep stars help ASU build top-5 recruiting class in 2013
The Arizona State baseball team is dealing with a pot full of NCAA sanctions and will not have a chance to play in the post-season this year. But that apparently hasn’t scared away some of the nation’s top recruits that have been considering taking up residence in Tempe. Baseball America puts out a Top 100 [...] -
Football playoffs Round 1: new state record, 2OT thriller
Who says the first round of high school playoffs isn’t that exciting? That certainly wasn’t the case in football last week. In fact, the next round will have to go some to offer up more excitement. A state record set, three more tied, and a game that was won on a two-point conversion in double-overtime. [...] -
Horizon, Gilbert meet tonight for D-I state volleyball title
It was beginning to look like Horizon High School was going to get a chance to even the score with Xavier Prep, as the two teams rolled into Saturday’s semi-finals of the state volleyball championships. Horizon will be there tonight for the championship. But Xavier, most people’s pick to win it all again this year, [...] -
Salpointe boys win first-ever swim title; Brophy wins 34th
OK, let’s get the suspense out of the way first. Brophy Prep and Xavier Prep won the Division I state swimming and diving championships. Gee, what a surprise. It was Brophy’s 24th consecutive boys’ state title. Xavier claimed its 26th girls’ championship all-time, just eight off the pace of Brophy’s 34 overall. Mountain View High [...] -
Biggest test is tonight for soccer’s giant-killer, Payson HS
Cinderella is alive and kicking in the high country of Arizona. There is the possibility of a storybook ending to the Division IV high school soccer season, as surprising Payson High School takes on the king of the hill, Lakeside’s Blue Ridge High, in tonight’s semifinal match-up in the state tournament. Blue Ridge, which has [...] -
Saguaro’s 65-0 loss sends wrong signal for prep football
When does a high school sports program become more about winning than just playing the game? How about when a football coach keeps his best players out of an important game because he wants them to be ‘rested’ going into the state playoffs and make a run for a state title? We’re talking about John [...] -
Saguaro v. Chaparral isn’t the only football game tonight
As we wrap up the regular season of high school football, probably the most-anticipated game of the year was saved for last. Saguaro High will meet Chaparral High on center stage. But on a much smaller stage, there is another game in Chandler that is also significant – but won’t generate nearly the same interest [...] -
New state rushing record & major upsets in prep football
The raw excitement that is generated by high school football was spread across the state last night. A heart-stopping upset of a ranked team in the final minute of the game out west in Glendale…an emotional win up north in Flagstaff that was a long time in coming…an offensive display that set a state record [...] -
UA women’s cross country moves up to No. 5 nationally
The University of Arizona women’s cross county team appears to have peaked at just the right time. They just moved up to No. 5 in the national polls as they prepare for the Pac-12 Championships in a week. A third-place finish at last week’s Wisconsin Adidas Invitational helped propel the Cats from their previous standing [...]
