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Belles stays home to coach Cactus

1/25/2022
Brian Belles has been the defensive coordinator at Cactus for more than a decade and a defensive coach at the Glendale school for more than two decades. He said he never applied for the head …

‘Open 8’ makes for whole new ballgame in Peoria

7/12/2019
A column by Richard Smith West Valley Preps The 2019 high school football season already carries more intrigue into the fall than a normal second year of a two-year block. While the …

West Valley Preps Week 10 football scoreboard

10/19/2018
Oct. 12 (All rankings AIA) 6A #23 Valley Vista 21  #26 Shadow Ridge 13 #4 Liberty 24  #18 O'Connor 21 #19 Boulder Creek 49  Mountain Ridge 0   5A #1 Centennial 48  Kellis …

West Valley Preps Week 9 football scoreboard

10/12/2018
Oct. 12 (All rankings AIA) 6A #3 Phoenix Pinnacle 34  #2 Liberty 33 #17 Avondale La Joya 35  #24 Shadow Ridge 14 #21 Tolleson 14  #20 Valley Vista 7 5A #1 Centennial 42  #13 …

A blog: Football season careens past halfway point

9/29/2018
A blog By Richard Smith West Valley Preps A coach won his 300th game. Another suspended seven of his players for a crucial region opener. A player can see the finish line on his treatment …

West Valley Preps Week 7 football scoreboard

9/28/2018
Sept. 28 (All rankings AIA) 6A #2 Liberty 56  Mountain Ridge 20 #22 Shadow Ridge 42  Phoenix Maryvale 0 Avondale La Joya 26  #15 Valley Vista 14 5A #10 Sunrise Mountain 50  #14 …

West Valley Preps' Week 6 football scoreboard

9/21/2018
Sept. 14 6A Phoenix Pinnacle 41  Valley Vista 25 Tolleson 34  Shadow Ridge 28 Scottsdale Chaparral 60  Mountain Ridge 3 56 Ironwood 56  Willow Canyon 6 Centennial 35  …

2018 West Valley Preps Week 4 football scoreboard

9/7/2018
Sept. 7 6A Shadow Ridge 35  Willow Canyon (5A) 14 Liberty 21  Mesa Desert Ridge 14 Phoenix Desert Vista 48  Valley Vista 20 Laveen Cesar Chavez 64  Mountain Ridge …

2018 West Valley Preps Week 4 football scoreboard

9/7/2018
Sept. 7 6A Shadow Ridge 35  Willow Canyon (5A) 14 Liberty 21  Mesa Desert Ridge 14 Phoenix Desert Vista 48  Valley Vista 20 Laveen Cesar Chavez 64  Mountain Ridge …

Scheduling process shuts down top football rivalry

4/5/2018
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps It was one of the first games I circled on my master football schedule every summer for the last five years. And as the schedules trickled out on …

Scheduling process shuts down top football rivalry

4/5/2018
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps It was one of the first games I circled on my master football schedule every summer for the last five years. And as the schedules trickled out on …

Fetkenhier’s unceremonious departure from Cactus …

1/8/2018
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps Since I learned of Cactus coach Larry Fetkenhier’s (forced) resignation — like many of you did — during the middle of a holiday vacation, I’ve …