Week-long tourneys test AZ prep baseball, softball teams
Get as many hits as you want, but it eventually comes down to pitching – particularly in tournament play. And that’s how it played out in this week’s big high … Read More
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Baseball tourneys give high schools early-season test
High school baseball teams are working their way through some of the early-season tournaments, using them as barometers to test their readiness for the coming region competition. Some of the … Read More
AZ high schools tested at VisitMesa.com hoops tourney
The Westwind Prep basketball team was looking for a challenge and figured the VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge was it. Hey, it was right there in the tournament’s name. Turned out, the … Read More
Tucson soccer teams win Brandon Bean pre-season event
The high school soccer teams in southern Arizona got together last week for the annual Brandon Bean Classic tournament to kick off the 2010 soccer season. This year’s field left … Read More
State’s top JUCO baseball players at Honkbal Tournament
You don’t have to play for a D-I college to get a chance to travel the world. Right now, a team of junior college baseball players is hitting the practice … Read More
Marcos de Niza, Central HS win 7-on-7 passing tourneys
On the edge of downtown Phoenix, Brophy Prep was hosting a high school 7-on-7 passing tournament last weekend, put together by the AIA in partnership with the folks at the … Read More
Three bogeys derail ASU golfer’s shot at national title
It was pretty heady stuff for a freshman in college as a gallery of onlookers followed Jennifer Johnson around the Country Club of Landfall course in North Carolina. They wanted … Read More
Yavapai College falls short of 2nd straight national title
Lightning did not strike twice for the Yavapai College softball team. Last year, they were able to beat Wallace State Community College to claim their first NJCAA national title. But … Read More
Highland Park saga part of a bigger issue in HS sports
It seems you can’t turn around right now without running smack dab into the controversy over a Chicago-area high school girls basketball team that was forced to cancel a trip … Read More
ASU, UA get bounced from Pac-10 tourney. What now?
Well, it looks those who have been predicting just one Pac-10 representative will go to the Big Dance this year may be right, although hope isn’t dead yet for a … Read More