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- Local prep swimmers helped NAU to 4 conference titles
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- Shot-put circle is center stage at Chandler Rotary Invite
- ASU women out of NCAA tourney, but have bright future
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What parity? More titles for Chandler, Centennial, Saguaro
Posted on December 3, 2017 | No CommentsIf you’re looking for parity in high school football, you won’t find it among the top three conferences in Arizona. In this year’s quest for a state championship, Chandler […] -
Looks like 2017 football state title game will be explosive
Posted on November 12, 2017 | No CommentsIf you’re the kind of high school football fan that likes lots of scoring, then you’ll love this year’s 6A championship game — regardless of which two of the […] -
Chandler HS extends football win streak vs. rival Hamilton
Posted on October 30, 2017 | No CommentsAfter watching Chandler High School roll over Hamilton High in a 50-14 rout Friday night to close out the regular football season schedule, it’s hard to imagine that it wasn’t […] -
Prep football shockers: unbeaten Perry, Cactus lose BIG
Posted on October 7, 2017 | No CommentsIt sucks to have to compete in the 5A football conference this season. After seven weeks, four of the top 5-ranked teams are still undefeated. But last night the […] -
Centennial is AZ’s last chance at nat’l football recognition
Posted on September 29, 2017 | No CommentsArizona high school football gets one more chance to show it can compete on the national stage. That happens tonight when Centennial High School plays host to the No. […] -
If Chandler HS stumbles, Perry is poised to move into #1
Posted on September 5, 2017 | No CommentsJust a couple of weeks into the high school football season and it looks like we’re going to shake things out early at the top of the state’s top […] -
Chandler High sweeps D-I track & field state titles – again
Posted on May 8, 2017 | No CommentsThe Chandler High School boys’ track & field program has begun showing it can hold up its end of the dynasty-building. For the second straight year, Chandler swept the […] -
Green runs for 233 yds to lead Chandler to 6A state title
Posted on November 28, 2016 | No CommentsOregon State’s gain is Chandler High School‘s loss. And a big loss it will be. Chandler’s senior running back TJ Green, who has committed to play for the Beavers next […] -
Recruiting coup: Chandler’s Lucas joins Harry at ASU
Posted on November 11, 2015 | No CommentsIt may not be much consolation for an Arizona State football season spinning out of control, but the announcement that local prized recruit Chase Lucas has opted to bring […] -
Chandler HS girls win school’s first XC state title
Posted on November 8, 2015 | No CommentsLast year, when the Desert Vista High School girls cross country team won their second consecutive D-I state title, it looked like the Thunder’s reign would continue for some […] -
Prep football: D-I unbeatens face big tests in season finale
Posted on October 27, 2015 | No CommentsThere are two unbeaten teams left among the top-ranked teams in Division I. Each has one more challenge to conquer to finish the 2015 season undefeated. Both games should […] -
Football opener vs. Pinnacle HS is must-win for Chandler
Posted on August 12, 2015 | No CommentsWith the Arizona high school football season starting early for some teams this year, the first official practice for those schools was moved up a week to July 27 to […] -
Mountain Pointe ends Chandler’s 9-yr. reign in girls track
Posted on May 11, 2015 | No CommentsThe Mountain Pointe High School girls track team accomplished something over the weekend that Desert Vista High almost pulled off last year. And something no other Arizona high school team […] -
Soccer state semifinals: ‘Cinderellas’ are still dancing
Posted on February 10, 2015 | No CommentsThe best stories in any competition are those of the underdog, and this year’s high school state soccer playoffs offer up more than one. Three ‘Cinderella’ teams in the top […] -
Football finals: Chandler, Saguaro, Centennial back on top
Posted on November 30, 2014 | No CommentsWhen the desert dust finally cleared last night following two days of competition for a handful of state championship trophies across five divisions, there were the expected wins by […] -
Week 6 of prep football may be the biggest of 2014 season
Posted on October 2, 2014 | No CommentsIt could easily be argued that some of the most significant games of the high school football season in Arizona will be played tonight. Not just in Division I, […] -
Hamilton football now No. 1; next up is No. 3 Chandler HS
Posted on September 29, 2014 | No CommentsYear after year in Arizona prep football, it seems like it’s just a matter of time before Hamilton High School gets to the top of the heap – if […] -
Brophy swimmers use Wolves Invite to make statement
Posted on September 23, 2014 | No CommentsThe Brophy Prep swimmers put a huge exclamation point on the end of this year’s Chandler Wolves Invitational by wining the final race of the event going away. And […] -
Whew! Wild Week 4 in football as No. 1 Chandler is upset
Posted on September 20, 2014 | No CommentsThe one best word to describe Week 4 in Arizona high school football might be… “Whew!” And that expression of relief was being applied to the outcome of last-minute […] -
After 3 wks, still looking for D-I favorite in prep football
Posted on September 16, 2014 | No CommentsAfter Week 3 of the high school football season in Arizona, it’s still not clear just where the seat of power resides in Division I. Top-ranked Chandler High School made […] -
Top-ranked teams go head-to-head in Wk 1 of prep football
Posted on September 2, 2014 | No CommentsUnlike college football where schools can schedule some soft non-conference games to get the season off on the right foot, the high-school teams have to take on whichever team […] -
Westbrook, Grant named AZ prep Track Athletes of the Year
Posted on May 31, 2014 | No CommentsSeems like just yesterday that the baton was being passed from Jasmine Todd, one of the best track athletes to pass through Chandler High School, to teammate Ky Westbrook. […] -
Chandler HS wins 9th track title, Ky Westbrook off to USC
Posted on May 12, 2014 | No CommentsA pulled hamstring was all that kept this year’s state high-school track championships from living up to the grandiose expectations that have preceded the event since the beginning of […] -
Week 6: Prep football standings get a shake-up at the top
Posted on October 9, 2013 | 4,299 CommentsThere was a whole lotta shakin’ going on in Week 6 of the Arizona high school football season. Movement among the Top 5 teams in big-school and small-school divisions across […] -
State track records fall as Brophy, Chandler win D-I titles
Posted on May 13, 2013 | 455 CommentsBrophy Prep won its second Division I boys’ state track championship in the last three years over the weekend, riding on the back of three individual titles from Devon Allen. […] -
McClintock Wrestling Invite confirms…Sunnyside is back
Posted on December 18, 2012 | 3,669 CommentsIf you thought the Sunnyside High School wrestling program was going to go quietly into the night after three decades of domination… think again. The Tucson school won eight consecutive […] -
AZ prep football hits mid-season with an exciting Week 5
Posted on September 25, 2012 | 540 CommentsWeek 5 of the high school football season is in the books – right there in the chapter titled ‘Exciting’. It may turn out to be the best week of […] -
Top AZ prep sprinters take on nation’s best at new event
Posted on June 21, 2012 | 2,851 CommentsAfter providing one of the most exciting competitions in recent memory at the Arizona high school state track finals, it looks like Trae Armstrong and Devon Allen will get a […]