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West Valley Preps Glendale/Peoria baseball preview

3/10/2024

Feb. 20 marked the beginning of the high school baseball. West Valley Preps asked local coaches to take a look at their teams and five coaches responded: Deer Valley Skyhawks 4A West Valley …

West Valley Preps' Surprise softball preview

3/7/2024

Feb. 20 marked the beginning of the high school softball. West Valley Preps asked local coaches to take a look at their teams and four coaches responded: Paradise Honors Panthers 4A Skyline …

Canyon View girls get redempion in 5A basketball …

3/4/2024

PHOENIX - Canyon View's night for revenge was turning into something much worse - a repeat. A year after the girls basketball program made its first 5A state finals appearance and lost 52-47 to …

O'Connor girls bounce back for basketball title

3/3/2024

PHOENIX - The foundation of what would win O’Connor the 6A state championship on Saturday morning was forged in the final seven minutes of the Eagles semifinal victory over Dobson on Tuesday …

Liberty basketball completes underdog journey to 6A …

3/2/2024

The Arizona team that improved the most during the course of the 2023-24 season took also home an official trophy Saturday afternoon. Battling an O’Connor team that has played dominant …

Ironwood locks down Casteel, brings 2nd title to …

3/2/2024

PHOENIX - Size matters less if speed consistently beats it to the spot and the smaller guys wear out the bigs by making them chase on defense. More often than not Friday night, Ironwood (27-3) used their speed, skill and team concept

Deer Valley boys basketball works OT to win first …

3/1/2024

PHOENIX - A happy corollary of this style of an Open Division format was on display throughout a drama-filled 4A boys basketball final Thursday night. Two high school teams full of neighborhood …

O'Connor girls visit Mesa, earn first state finals …

2/28/2024

MESA - Everything was lining up for Dobson to return to the 6A girls basketball final Tuesday night. The home crowd roared as junior guard Jaziah Billey drove for a layup and 32-25 lead with a …

Ironwood soccer soars to title on set plays

2/26/2024

PHOENIX - This time around, the Ironwood team that earned the top seed all season was the team that took the field for the 5A state title game. Saturday afternoon at Greenway High School, the Eagles scored off a corner kick and aheader in the 14th minute against district and region rival Sunrise Mountain and never really looked back.