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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 …

Ottawa fall sports schedules start to emerge

7/27/2017
Peoria resident Melissa Pignatiello takes a selfie at a signing event May 21 Ottawa University Arizona in Surprise, with Glendale resident Ryane Sanders, who also signed to play women’s volleyball …

Former Valley Vista baseball coaches team up at Joy …

7/25/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Five years after he succeeded Klent Corley as the head baseball coach at Valley Vista, Mark Flatten is the newest assistant on Corley’s staff at small school …

DVUSD approves athletic fee schedule for school year

7/19/2017
Tom Talbott of the Arizona Skyhawks skydiving team, right, presents game officials with the game ball after parachuting on to the football field at Deer Valley High School during Military …

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 …

Class of 2017 athletes choose colleges (FINAL)

7/10/2017
Valley Vista football players pose during a national signing day ceremony Feb. 1. Seniors, from left to right: Reyes Lara III, Darin Perkins, Gavin Smith, Creston Cooledge, Ben Collier, Vodrey Gates …

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 …

Liberty basketball learns in summer after breakthrough …

7/5/2017
Liberty's Elijah Moye (#32) goes up for a successful layup during a BIBSI game against Queen Creek June 23, 2017 at Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix. By Jeff Edgington Special to West Valley …

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 …

Willow Canyon football builds offseason optimism

6/26/2017
Willow Canyon junior Dominic Cardoza (#7) runs with the ball against Maricopa Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 at Willow Canyon High School in Surprise. The Rams defeated the Wildcats 20-6. (Independent …