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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 …

Local 4A football teams positioned to continue success

7/18/2017
Cactus running back Damaria Norris looks for daylight as the Cobras took on the Higley Knights from Gilbert. A Blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps Richard Smith In my blog about 5A …

Blog: West Valley ready to run 5A football

7/7/2017
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps All three big school football divisions in Arizona crowned East Valley schools as champions last fall. Chandler and Scottsdale Saguaro are odds on …

Cord claims Boys Athlete of the Year vote

7/6/2017
Sunrise Mountain quarterback Chase Cord (10) runs for a 15-yard touchdown against Liberty on a quarterback keeper during the first half of their football game on Friday Sept. 9, 2016. (Ralph Freso …

7-on-7 prepares Mustangs for life without Cord

6/27/2017
Sunrise Mountain's Jay Anderson (5) sprints for the endzone on a 66 yard touchdown run against Cactus during the first half of their 4A football game on Friday Oct. 7, 2016. (Ralph Freso for West …

New Mountain Ridge coach will try to rouse sleeping …

5/26/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps Like most of the Valley prep football community, Vinny Ciliberti believes the Mountain Ridge program is full of untapped potential. Unlike most on the …

Son leads alum on path back to Dysart football

5/23/2017
Dysart's Kobe Ganados throws a pass during practice on May 18, at Dysart High School in El Mirage. (Jacob Stanek/West Valley Preps) Richard Smith West Valley Preps John Ganados was a second …