Alyssa Brown finishes just shy of HS girls’ hoops scoring record
No one can claim they have felt the downside of the COVID-19 disruption to the high school basketball season more than Alyssa Brown. The senior at Sahuaro High School in … Read More
Tag: girls basketball
Dynasties roll on: Sunnyside wrestling, Seton girls’ hoops
Winning a high school team state championship is a daunting challenge, regardless of the sport. Some coaches go through an entire career without winning a single title. And some win … Read More
Biggest impact on 2021 high school playoffs? Club sports
Early upsets are usually the biggest factors in how high school state tournaments play out.. But some of this year’s early departures in the winter sports playoffs have nothing to … Read More
Sierra Thrun, Alyssa Brown split girls’ Player of Year awards
This time, both sides of the state will get to claim rights to the best high school girl athlete of the 2019-20 season. Sierra Thrun, a wrestler at Corona del … Read More
Hoops curse returns: Coronado girls into 2nd long losing streak
The clouds had begun to lift and a little sunshine was poking through the gloom that has hovered over the Coronado High School girls’ basketball team for way too many … Read More
A sudden flurry of coaching changes in girls’ HS hoops…
The pandemic has forced the closure of high schools in Arizona, which means the spring sports programs were also cut short. But one activity across the sports landscape is progressing … Read More
Desert Mtn. only AZ hoops team to win a title at Nike TOC
An expanded Nike Tournament of Champions rolled through the Valley just before Christmas, giving local high school girls’ basketball programs a chance to test their game against some of … Read More
Mesquite girls will test Xavier’s 13-game hoops win streak
Are the Gators for real? We’ll know tomorrow night. That’s when the Xavier Prep girls’ basketball team will try to match up with the Mesquite High School Wildcats in a game that will … Read More
Highland’s Miner Webster notches prep hoops win No. 800
It seems like every time Miner Webster hits a milestone in his long high school coaching career in girls’ basketball, he does it with authority. When Webster hit the … Read More
Coaching turnover continues for Desert Vista girls’ hoops
Despite all its success in sports, Desert Vista High School just might have set a record it really didn’t want. Desert Vista won back-to-back state titles in girls’ volleyball … Read More
Girls’ hoops: An Arizona team finally beats Seton Catholic
Candice Gonzales needs to send a thank-you note to the Cactus Shadows High School girls’ basketball team. The Falcons’ upset win over Seton Catholic last Friday dropped Seton to fourth … Read More
Holiday hoops: Arcadia, Red Mtn. win own girls’ tourneys
Winning your own holiday basketball tournament is kinda like giving yourself your own Christmas present. That’s just what the Red Mountain High School and Arcadia High girls’ basketball teams … Read More
High school hoops: summer tourneys in full swing
When the high school basketball season rolls around in November, there are just a few weeks for teams to begin preparing for the first game on the schedule. So … Read More
Seton girls win 8th state hoops title, Hamilton earns first
It would be hard to find a bigger contrast in outcomes than the results from the girls’ big-school state basketball championships. In Division I, Hamilton High won its first-ever … Read More
‘Cinderella’ stories end in girls’ basketball D-I quarterfinals
Cinderella has left the dance. Actually there were three teams vying for the “Cinderella” label at this years’ girls’ basketball Division I state tournament as No. 9 Red Mountain … Read More
Nike TOC shows AZ girls’ hoops still playing catch-up
High school teams generally have to find an out-of-state tournament during the season to get an idea of just where their programs stack up with others across the country. … Read More
Nike girls basketball TOC draws college recruiters to AZ
If you follow women’s college basketball, you may recognize some familiar faces roaming the East Valley high school gymnasiums this weekend. It’s time again for the annual Nike Tournament … Read More
Hoops hex broken: Coronado girls end 3-yr losing streak
The Coronado High School girls’ basketball team will play Camelback High tomorrow night – and will likely enter the game thinking it has a chance to win. That’s such … Read More
Girls hoops: coaching changes, tourneys kick off summer
It would have been interesting if Mountain Pointe High School had been among the participants in the Lady Hoops Extravaganza basketball tournament over the weekend because Trevor Neider was … Read More
Prep hoops coaches leaving while at top of their game
A coaching change is most often initiated by a school that isn’t satisfied with the results its getting and decides it wants to “go in a different direction.” That … Read More