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Lifelong wrestler Perez prepares for last months on …

12/29/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps Caden Perez learned how to wrestle around the same time many of his peers were learning how to write. His father, Rafael, wrestled in California and his …

Peoria advances in Greenway tourney, as Ironwood, …

12/29/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps All three local coaches in the Judy Dixon Boys Basketball Tournament second round came away with things they hope their team improves in the second half of the …

Peoria advances in Greenway tourney, as Ironwood, …

12/29/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps All three local coaches in the Judy Dixon Boys Basketball Tournament second round came away with things they hope their team improves in the second half of the …

Soccer’s turf war: Clubs, schools continue to jostle …

12/22/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps With some exception where relationships are warm, local high school sports programs and club sports have, by and large, developed an uneasy true. It is …

Ramos ready for academics, football at Iowa State

12/21/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps He filmed a commitment video where he flew the Cyclones’ flag, did donuts in the parking lot in his truck and had some face time on local TV. And Deer …

Deer Valley begins football search after Bolus retires

12/21/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Deer Valley is looking for a new football coach after Eric Bolus resigned last week. Bolus is a lifer at the Glendale school — a 1989 Deer Valley …

Valley Vista wins, grows in Tournament of Champions

12/20/2017
Jeff Edgington For West Valley Preps Facing a loss on a national stage, a program can do one of two things; They can pack it up and go through the motions for the rest of the tournament …

Sunrise Mountain soccer hits second gear in second …

12/19/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Success is very new for a Sunrise Mountain soccer program that has not finished a season with a winning record in more than a decade. But the 9-1 …

A more sensible high school sports schedule

12/19/2017
A blog by Richard Smith Centennial’s Randy Lavender and Liberty’s Mark Wood are basketball coaches first, but they’re not locked in the gym all year. Wood is a constant supporter of …

Cup win continues Monsoon soccer's breakout

12/18/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps After crossing paths in the Pacific Northwest, Garfield Scott and Johnathan Rea ended up coaching schools in the Dysart Unified School District and …

Stingy Sunnyslope stops Deer Valley's streak cold

12/18/2017
Jeff Edgington For West Valley Preps With a week until Christmas it sure seemed like defending 5A state champion Phoenix Sunnyslope wasn't in much of a giving mood. The Vikings …

Ironwood makes its home at Chuck Esquivel Stadium

12/16/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps Chuck Esquivel was born, grew up, met and married his wife Jeanne in the small town of Kearny, a couple of hours east of the Valley. After …