Bearing Expectations There’s a new kid on the block (again) in the southeast Valley. An undefeated regular season and trip to the 2021 Open Division playoffs marked the official “return”…
The Path of a PWO Preferred walk-on. Or simply, “PWO.” The term in high school and college football can be construed a number of different ways. Much of its connotation…
Chill Will Unplugged If you’ve read this column before, you know the “Zone Read’s” affinity for Will Shaffer. The former Saguaro two-way star, now Arizona State linebacker, is about to…
A Monday Night at Pinnacle To most, it’s simply a mid-season varsity basketball game as the 12-8 Pinnacle Pioneers get set to host Mountain Ridge. That is until you look…
Realignment Roulette The AIA has spoken and the verdict is in for schools looking to realign their conference affiliation next fall. I have a few initial takeaways from what has…
The “Westy” Affect On a bone-chilling Monday night in Indianapolis when Kelee Ringo was doing this… GEORGIA PICK-SIX TO SEAL THE WIN! 🐶#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/MHlE9MMZHI — ESPN (@espn) January 11, 2022…
Charlie Ragle’s coaching path has gone from Arizona State, to Chaparral High, to Arizona, to Cal, and now Idaho State where he was named the Bengals new head coach about…
What We Learned From 2021… …parity is a good a thing for football in this state. While there were the usual suspects who made deep runs in the post-season, we…
For the Community The 4A State Championship will not only feature two rural schools in top-seeded Poston Butte and 2nd-seed Casa Grande, it will pit two teams whose campuses reside…
Friday night Salpointe Catholic beat Desert Edge 29-17 in a 5A state semifinals game. Michael Rincon was on hand and behind the lens.