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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 [...] -
Prep football rivalries in Week 8 fail to measure up
High school football rivalry games don’t always live up to the hype. Rivalries have their up years and their down years. Week 8 of the 2011 season had several rivalry games on the schedule, but only one lived up to its promise – and that one is just getting started. One of the oldest and [...] -
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 [...] -
AZ team wilts in heat of high school football All-Star game
A high school football All-Star game in the middle of summer, in the Arizona desert? What were they thinking? It happened over the weekend, with teams assembled from Arizona and Southern California ‘all stars’ meeting at a spring training baseball facility in Surprise, the culmination of a couple of years of planning by the two [...] -
Jahii Carson v. Josiah Turner hoops match-up has to wait
Josiah Turner‘s last-minute decision to pull out of the USA Basketball U19 training camp is disappointing… and a little disconcerting. It’s disappointing because it would have offered a preview of sorts for next season, when the five-star recruit begins his college career with the University of Arizona. As one of just three high school players [...] -
ASU, UA in regional baseball finals, but Cats are in a hole
Arizona and Arizona State have both advanced to the championship games in their NCAA baseball regionals. But the Wildcats had to do it the hard way…and still hold the short end of the stick. (Update: Senior second baseman Bryce Ortega led the Wildcats against Texas A&M with a 3-for-3 performance at the plate, and Josh [...] -
ASU going to softball World Series; UA must win 2 today
What a difference a year can make in college sports. Last year, the No. 1 Arizona State softball team lost two straight games to Florida in the Super Regionals to end their chance to get to the Women’s College World Series. Yesterday, they finished a two-game sweep of No. 16 Texas A&M to punch their [...] -
North High’s Daniel Bejarano will play at Colorado State
It looks like Daniel Bejarano has found some love in Colorado. The all-star guard from North High School wasn’t getting enough love in Tucson – and not nearly enough playing time. So the prolific shooting guard, who was the top college basketball prospect in the state when the University of Arizona offered him a spot [...] -
Coaching carousel spinning in UA swim & dive program
Like his father before him, Augie Busch has left the University of Arizona swimming pool for fresh water. Frank Busch, a six-time NCAA Coach of the Year who led the Wildcat swimming and diving program for 22 years, announced his resignation in February to accept a new position as National Team Director for USA Swimming. [...] -
Tempe Prep teams sweep state HS track championships
The best high school track talent in the state gathered at Mesa Community College for four days of competition under the new format that offers just four divisions, instead of the seven used in years past. The largest schools were placed in Division 1, the smallest in Division 4 – and some of the best [...]
