Hot topic: Should Arizona add a shot clock for HS basketball?
While eight states across the country have instituted the use of a shot clock in high school basketball games, Arizona isn’t one of them. However, that may be about to … Read More
Tag: AIA
AIA: No mask mandate for winter playoffs, spring sports
The first sign that the COVID virus is loosening its grip on high school sports showed up this week. On Tuesday, the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board voted to approve … Read More
AIA adding FIFA and Madden titles to esports competition
The recent addition of esports to the menu of competitive sports options offered by Arizona high schools has gone well. So well that the title offerings for players have expanded. … Read More
On second thought…AIA decides not to cancel winter sports
Jim Love’s vote turned out to be the shot heard ’round the state. At yesterday’s special meeting of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board, Love reversed his original vote, taken … Read More
AIA cancels winter sports season…but was there a better option?
For high school students who play a winter sport, the other shoe has finally dropped. After several delays to the start of their season, the long-awaited worst-case scenario has finally … Read More
Play ball! Fall sports back on track in AZ high schools
It’s been a long, winding – and bumpy – road to reopening high school sports in Arizona. But it looks like we’ve finally reached the end of the trail. The … Read More
Pillaging of HS basketball teams is only getting worse
The pirating of Arizona’s top high school basketball players by national teams has become an all-out assault. And the state’s governing body for prep sports continues to struggle with what … Read More
AIA issues a game plan for starting fall prep sports season
Arizona’s governing body for high school sports is throwing out a lifeline to as many schools as possible to provide options that could save the fall season amid the threat … Read More
Re-start prep sports? AZ should keep an eye on Florida’s plan
Pay attention, Arizona. Now there’s a ‘canary in the coal mine’ to help you make a decision about how to proceed with the fall high school sports season amid COVID-19 … Read More
Brave new world…how COVID-19 is changing AZ prep sports
We still don’t know when high school sports in Arizona will resume, but when they do, there will be a lot of changes that players and coaches will have to … Read More
A growing talent drain in AZ high school basketball…Part II
(This is a continuation of yesterday’s Part I post…) When Hillcrest Prep debuted its national basketball program during the 2015-16 season, it was the only boys’ program of its kind … Read More
Traditional HS hoops programs being hurt by ‘talent drain’
(This is Part I of a two-part article) We’ve all been watching the talent drain that has been taking its toll on college basketball, as an increasing number of the … Read More
Coronavirus infects sports; AZ schools among the victims
The Coronavirus is spreading. And now it has infected college sports. In a big way. Meanwhile, high school sports in this state are still in a wait-and-see mode. (Update: … Read More
Esports, online streaming keep AZ high schools up-to-date
It isn’t always easy to keep up with this rapidly-evolving digital age, but the governing body for high school sports in Arizona is making the effort to keep up with … Read More
‘Super Bowl’ will decide best AZ prep football team in 2019
The 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 … Read More
New pitch-count rules mean big changes to prep baseball
It 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 … Read More
Sollenberger Classic returns to help kick off 2016 football
For nine years, the Sollenberger Kick-Off Classic became the traditional start to the high school football season in Arizona, pitting the top teams in this state with those outside … Read More
AZ prep coaches assessing new conference placements
High 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?” … Read More
AIA adds 6th conference, changes placement formula
It’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 … Read More
AIA shuffles the deck to find replacement for Schmidt
The 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 … Read More