Catalina Foohills won eight state titles and was runner-up in three other championships this past year to pace schools in Southern Arizona and the East Valley in athletic accomplishments.
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Take a look at team champs from 2010-11 school year in north Scottsdale, Phooenix, NW and SW Valley and N Arizona.
Sprinters Trae Armstrong, Jasmin Pratt were among the best of the best.
It's about time we met. If you're at all familiar with high school sports and/or the AIA, you've probably heard my name or read something about the staff of the AIA.
Warren Dennis is long-time public-address announcer for state tournaments, is an example of professionalism.
Track, softball and baseball yielded six trophies to Chandler schools on the final weekend of the 2010-2011 prep athletic season.
Jordan Kipper was talking with his father not long ago about state championships.
His father, Bruce, the principal at Mountain Pointe High School, won one as a coach at Tempe High.,
Now Jordan has one to talk about, too.
Seven-run third inning is turning point for the No. 2 seed in 10-3 triumph over No. 12 Gilbert Perry.
Team scores seven runs in the ninth inning for an 8-4 victory in battle for 4A-II crown.
With the pressure on as the game headed toward the late stages, defending 4A-I state champion Saguaro stepped up Saturday afternoon at Camelback Ranch Glendale Stadium.
Down two runs heading to the final three innings, the Sabercats gradually rallied to tie in the fifth and sixth and then put up a seven-spot in the seventh to take a 13-6 win over Sunrise Mountain and repeat as champs.
For Red Mountain to repeat as 5A-I softbal champs Friday, coach Rich Hamilton needed a strong performance from freshman pitcher Breanna Macha and better-than-normal defense.
He got both plus a big night from junior Siera Phillips with the bat.
Team will meet Catalina on Saturday for state title at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. First pitch is 3 p.m.
It was the kind of ending every athlete dreams of, even the ones youi think are most capable of it.
And Lauren Haeger is capable.
Trojans will play in Saturday\'s baseball title game against Thunderbird or Mingus.
Former Diamondbacks shortstop watches his son play integral role for Mountain Pointe in 5A-I state tournament.
Hamilton enjoyed a productive day offensively Thursda yafternoon in the 5A-I state baseball semifinals by denting the scoreboard for 13 runs.
That total should have been much less, much to the chagrin of Mesquite coach Jeff Holland.
It is known, perhaps trademarked now, as the Red Mountain Way.
In softball that means Red Mountain had to fight its way back through the 5A-I state tournament loser\\\'s bracket for the chance to play for the championship. For the fourth time in six years of the double-elimination format, Red Mountain won twice on semifinal Wednesday to advance to winner-take-all Friday.
Pitcher gives up two hits and strikes out 14 in 9-1 win over Pinnacle. Deer Valley meets Ironwood Ridge on Friday.
Red Mountain had no trouble disposing of Mountain Ridge, by scoring 10 runs in the first two innings of its 5A-I elimination game. Gilbert High used a sixth-inning, two-out double to edge Salpointe.
He led the programs at Carl Hayden and Alhambra, offered a steadying hand and encouraging words.
The 5A-II Conference is entering its final week of existence and the Perry baseball team would like to etch its name in the six-year history of said conference.
Officials of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and long-time administrators and coaches from around the state were saddened to learn of the death on Saturday of Tony Komadina, Jr., 83, the AIA�s Executive Director from 1976-87.
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