Season ends, off-season begins. While coaching changes are as common this month as Santa sightings at shopping centers, this season’s Arizona high school football coaches’ merry-go-round is filled with more…

Three years ago Wyatt Horton was just another young quarterback on the depth chart at Pinnacle High School. Not only would Horton lead Pinnacle to the 6A State Championship later…

Good things come to those who wait. Like many, Parker Navarro’s college football journey has taken a unique path, from balmy big city Orlando, to Athens, Ohio – with a…

Here we are. What started for eight teams early in 2024, will end, for better or worse, this weekend at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe. There is unique balance in…

Last week one of the most successful, and respected, Arizona high school head coaches decided to call it a career. Rick Garretson has resigned at Chandler. Garretson started his Wolves…

It’s here. The Open Division playoffs kick off this weekend in the most unique-looking field since the concept’s inception in 2019. Out are some household names. In are a few…

Seton Catholic Prep’s turn around this fall has been one of the feel-good stories in Arizona high school football. And the stories not done yet. Pete Walheim’s squad went from…

Last time “Zone Read” sat down with Charlie Ragle, he had just taken the head coaching job at Idaho State. What a difference three years makes. Ragle is again “home”…

With it being Halloween week, we here at the “Zone Read” feel it’s only fitting to stay on theme because, well…we’re hip like that. As we move closer to the…

Seven games into the quickly moving regular season, it’s time for “Zone Read” to tip our cap to three unbeaten programs – one in 4A, one in 5A, and one…