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A TEAM WITHOUT A SEASON: Ottawa football plants roots

11/27/2017
By Richard Smith Independent Newsmedia They started without a field, locker rooms or dorms — with a coach pointing to a dirt plot and leading practices preparing them for a game that …

West Valley Preps' 2017-18 Boys Basketball Preview

11/24/2017
Compiled by Richard Smith West Valley Preps Several local boys basketball teams began play this week during preseason tournaments, but the 2017-18 high school basketball season …

Willow Canyon selects Stangler after short search

11/22/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Willow Canyon athletic director John Williams said he was saddened to learn in late October that football coach Joe Martinez was stepping away from the …

Centennial cross country, young Mustangs make great …

11/21/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps The stark differences Centennial cross country runners noticed all year were on display early this month to their competitors at the state …

Centennial fends off another Liberty comeback in wild …

11/18/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Coaches never like a late-season bye week, and the havoc a week off plays with a team. But whichever team won the second showdown of 2017 between …

Salpointe ground game proves too much for Sunrise …

11/17/2017
Sam Ganczaruk For West Valley Preps Sunrise Mountain hoped its fast-paced offense wouldn’t allow the powerful ground attack that Tucson Salpointe Catholic possessed to be a factor in …

Pusch Ridge buries Crusaders from the start

11/12/2017
Chuck Constantino Special to West Valley Preps TUCSON - The Pusch Ridge Christian football team began the season with two goals. One, like most teams, was to win the state …

West Valley Preps' top 10 recruits for the Class of …

8/8/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps While the 2017 high school football season does not start until Aug. 18, the recruiting season for NCAA and NAIA football schools hardly slowed …

Football schools large, small have something to prove

8/1/2017
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps Fans of local 6A, 3A and 2A teams may have wondered if they would be passed over in my football blog series. Fear no more. In the last of my …

Ottawa fall sports schedules start to emerge

7/27/2017
Peoria resident Melissa Pignatiello takes a selfie at a signing event May 21 Ottawa University Arizona in Surprise, with Glendale resident Ryane Sanders, who also signed to play women’s volleyball …

Former Valley Vista baseball coaches team up at Joy …

7/25/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Five years after he succeeded Klent Corley as the head baseball coach at Valley Vista, Mark Flatten is the newest assistant on Corley’s staff at small school …

DVUSD approves athletic fee schedule for school year

7/19/2017
Tom Talbott of the Arizona Skyhawks skydiving team, right, presents game officials with the game ball after parachuting on to the football field at Deer Valley High School during Military …