To bring home its 6A state baseball championship, Liberty High School did exactly what it had been doing during its 19-game winning streak. The Lions scored 10 runs against Alhambra … Read More
Brophy College Prep and Xavier College Prep are neighbors. The campuses for the two Catholic high schools, Brophy a boys’ school and Xavier a girls’ school, actually butt up against … Read More
Motivation can be a powerful force in sports. And it comes in many forms. Just ask the Hamilton High School girls’ volleyball team. As the Chandler school was waiting for its … Read More
After 32 consecutive state swim titles, Brophy Prep found an opponent it couldn’t beat: the coronavirus. Just days before this weekend’s state meet was to begin, the school announced that … Read More
For the first time in six years, the Desert Vista High School boys cross country team was unable to bring home a state title. But, no worries. The DV … Read More
After playing Mountain Ridge High School for three straight playoff games, the Hamilton High School baseball team was happy to be able to finally get past the Mountain Lions … Read More
It must have seemed strange for Pinnacle High School to be playing in this year’s 6A state championship softball game against an opponent other than its usual nemesis, Hamilton … Read More
The Highland High School boys’ track & field team didn’t win this year’s Division I state championship. But its runner-up finish broke open a log-jam that has been in … Read More
Xavier Prep won the very first beach volleyball state championship when the sport was added at a small group of Arizona high schools, back in 2012. And then kept … Read More
The high school basketball season in Arizona is officially over, and the most celebrated player in the state used his final game to put an exclamation point on a … Read More
All the pre-game hype and expectations that swirled around the state football finals in Arizona’s top high school divisions set the stage for what was supposed to be a … Read More
The Hamilton High girls’ volleyball team had already beaten Xavier Prep twice during the regular season. But the Gators stepped up when it mattered most to turn the tables … Read More
A move up to Division I didn’t keep the Chaparral High School girls’ swim & dive team from adding another state team title to their trophy case. They won … Read More
Arizona’s high school girls’ golf teams are still waiting eagerly for Ashley Menne to graduate. The Xavier Prep junior just picked up her third straight D-I state championship, becoming … Read More
This year’s high school playoffs to decide a 6A state champion in baseball were, to say the least, full of surprises. Defending champion Hamilton High School lost twice in … Read More
That wasn’t a monkey on the backs of the Pinnacle High School softball team. It was a 700-pound gorilla. And today, for the first time in years, that heavy … Read More
It looks like the lead has changed hands once again in one of the most enduring rivalries in high school track & field as the Desert Vista High School … Read More
This year’s high-school D-I tennis season belonged to two teams, from start to finish – right down to the final state championship. Brophy Prep boys’ team and the Desert … Read More
Playing for the runner-up trophy in the playoffs has become something of a way of life for high school basketball teams that play in Arizona’s 4A division. It doesn’t … Read More
The bad news for Arizona’s Div. I high school wrestling programs: Sunnyside High School is back on top of the sport. The good news: Roman Bravo-Young graduates this year. … Read More
