Miller, Christakos Bonded By More Than Football

Zone Read: Spring Into Action

Let me start this week’s Zone Read by conveying my thoughts and prayers to Todd Heap and his entire family. Todd is a wonderful person, great family man. Godspeed during…

This & That: High School Football Notes, Quotes

In many ways Arizona high school football never sleeps. The season ends for a select few around Thanksgiving with the “off-season” yielding winter conditioning, endless weight room sessions, spring ball,…

‘Chap Town’ Tabs Top Bird to Stay in Nest

At one point of another every high school program goes through a transition. Traditional in-state power Scottsdale Chaparral is no different. After head football coach Conrad Hamilton left earlier this…

Two-Way Star Shughart Leads Way For Firebirds

As Chaparral senior Kurt Shughart walked a tight-rope along the sideline on his way to his first rushing touchdown of the night, the P.A. announcer gave an emphatic “cornerback/running back Kurt…