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- Chandler has a new football coach…a break for Hamilton?
- Paul Moro’s death closes historical chapter in prep football
- Lawsuit is latest effort to save community college football
- Xavier’s Shannon Shields is Gatorade AZ volleyball POY
- Sunnyside wrestling defends Flowing Wells Invite title
- College basketball is dying a slow death in Flagstaff
- ASU’s QB Manny Wilkins…how will he be remembered?
- Prep football: interesting coaching hires as 2018 closed
- They’re for real…UA women get hoops upset of #17 ASU
- Stroke sidelines HS football coaching legend Paul Moro
- Desert Mtn. only AZ hoops team to win a title at Nike TOC
- Bobby Hurley gets signature win at ASU, stuns #1 Kansas
- Merry Christmas, Herm…elite QB recruit signs with ASU
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- Centennial HS gets this year’s invite to Geico Bowl Series
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‘Super Bowl’ will decide best AZ prep football team in 2019
Posted on February 5, 2019 | No CommentsThe Super Bowl is over for another year. But Arizona high schools are just getting started on the road to their own “Super Bowl” that will follow the conclusion […] -
New pitch-count rules mean big changes to prep baseball
Posted on March 20, 2017 | No CommentsIt will be interesting to see if the new rules limiting pitch counts for Arizona’s high school baseball pitchers will have an effect on game scores. More rest should […] -
AZ prep coaches assessing new conference placements
Posted on October 16, 2015 | No CommentsHigh school coaches around the state are busy evaluating the new classification placements that came out Monday – and probably asking themselves, “Didn’t I just go through this process?” […] -
AIA adds 6th conference, changes placement formula
Posted on September 30, 2015 | No CommentsIt’s getting hard to keep things straight without a scorecard as the rules governing Arizona high school sports are in a constant state of flux. The latest overhaul: a new […] -
AIA shuffles the deck to find replacement for Schmidt
Posted on June 14, 2015 | No CommentsThe hire of David Hines to become the new associate executive director of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) marks the most significant personnel change in the last 15 years […] -
Prep sports: finalizing a troubled division-placement plan
Posted on February 14, 2015 | No CommentsThe idea was to create a more competitive landscape in Arizona high school sports by using a formula that would incorporate more elements than just enrollment size to more […] -
After 65-yr drought, Chandler HS will play for football title
Posted on November 22, 2014 | No CommentsThere were so many great story lines that came out of last night’s high school football state semifinals in the big-school competition… In Division I, the 21-point victory by […] -
AIA to schools: If you wanna play, you’re gonna pay…more
Posted on July 3, 2014 | No CommentsThe AIA just can’t seem to put any points on the board. Once again, the governing body for Arizona high-school sports has struck out with its member schools. But […] -
AIA responds to media charges of lack of accountability
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsScott Bordow must have really hit a nerve when he voiced his concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability in the state’s high-school governing body. Bordow’s article in […] -
Skin-infection scare won’t cancel state wrestling tourneys
Posted on February 12, 2014 | 2,928 CommentsFor the better part of a week, there has been some relief from the recent controversy that has preceded the high school wrestling state tournaments across Arizona, which cropped […] -
2012 was full of penalty flags & fumbles in AZ prep sports
Posted on December 14, 2012 | 3,303 CommentsThere is always a lot going on behind the scenes in high school sports, coordination and organization issues that must be handled apart from what happens during the games or […] -
Prep basketball starts…and so does running up the score
Posted on November 24, 2012 | 844 CommentsWell, the high school basketball season didn’t have to go too deep into this year’s schedule to get its first case of running up the score. The girls’ team at Phoenix […] -
Sollenberger Classic takes risky turn away from tradition
Posted on August 17, 2012 | 1,778 CommentsThere’s always a lot of anticipation before the kick-off of tomorrow night’s Barry Sollenberger Classic, the game between Nevada and Arizona state champions that has become the traditional start of […] -
AIA’s proposal to slow prep transfers… just git ‘er done!
Posted on July 23, 2012 | 2,395 CommentsFinally, there’s an issue that has found common ground among high school administrators, coaches – and even the governing body for prep sports in Arizona, which is all too often […] -
Westwind Prep back in the sports news…unfortunately
Posted on July 10, 2012 | 2,452 CommentsIt’s hard to believe Westwind Prep is once again in the news cycle – and once again for the wrong reasons. The small charter school in northwest Phoenix keeps coming […] -
Sollenberger Classic may omit Nevada schools in future
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 8 CommentsThe AIA made a major change in the format for the Sollenberger Classic by adding a second game last year. But there may be an even bigger change on the […] -
AIA caught up in Nevada fight over Sollenberger Classic
Posted on May 5, 2012 | 9 CommentsAs if the Arizona Interscholastic Association doesn’t have enough on its plate here at home, now it apparently is getting pulled into a nasty controversy in Nevada. If this one […] -
Power-point formula changed in time for HS spring sports
Posted on April 2, 2012 | No CommentsSometimes, the wheels of progress turn slowly and a little push is needed to get them moving faster. That’s basically what happened last month when a local engineer, who was […] -
New division alignments, scheduling frustrate prep teams
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 3,039 CommentsThe new division alignments for Arizona high school sports programs are coming to the end of a two-year shake-out period that has uncovered a number of ‘challenges’ for the schools […] -
Sand volleyball may be coming to a high school near you
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No CommentsArizona’s governing body for high school sports is sticking its collective toe in the sand as it considers adding a new varsity sport to the landscape. Sand volleyball is riding […] -
AZ bragging rights at stake at Sollenberger Kickoff Classic
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 2,006 CommentsTomorrow, two of Arizona’s best high school football teams will try to preserve the state’s perfect record in the 6th annual Sollenberger Kickoff Classic. For the past four years, the […] -
AIA mandates concussion testing for high school athletes
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 5,383 CommentsLooks like the AIA has finally found a way to create new programs for high school sports without getting a lot of blow-back. The Arizona Interscholastic Association, the governing body […] -
Marcos de Niza, Central HS win 7-on-7 passing tourneys
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 8 CommentsOn the edge of downtown Phoenix, Brophy Prep was hosting a high school 7-on-7 passing tournament last weekend, put together by the AIA in partnership with the folks at the […]