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There is a power shift in Arizona high school football from one side of the Valley to another, a buzz that has made its way from the East Valley to Peoria. via @azcentral

Here's why Centennial might be the best Arizona high school football team in 2024

Can Centennial emerge from the shadow of defending Open champion Liberty? The Peoria school may be the top HS football program in Arizona.

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2 years

The shot of the century in Arizona high school basketball. Nate Calmese lets loose from halfcourt Swish. At the buzzer. Mesquite shocks St. Mary's 74-73.

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Hamilton shocks the world! Beats Bishop Gorman 25-24

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My brother Ed went to Heaven today. This hurts. Was like a father to me. Before every high school football season he would ask me how St. Mary's was going to do. Loved his Knights and everybody!!!

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Incredibly moving as Desert Vista honors Alex DePriest before boys volleyball match

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3 years

It's back. AIA winter sports competition can begin Jan. 18. Masks mandatory. Jim Love was the swing vote, changing from no to yes this time.

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4 years

Perry QB Chubba Purdy will be signing tomorrow at the school’s auditorium at 12:15... Louisville or Florida State? Stay tuned

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This is why they build 7,000-seat high school gyms on the reservation

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6 years

Notre Dame comes over to Verrado in show of support before state semifinal game day after Verrado pitcher Bryan McKinsey’s death

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Pinnacle's Nico Mannion named National Player of the Year via @azcentral

Pinnacle's Nico Mannion receives national basketball honor

Nico Mannion, who has signed with Arizona, averaged 30 points, leading Pinncale to a second straight 6A state basketball title

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American Leadership Gilbert North WR Brandon Phelps told me he is staying at Arizona. His text: "Bear down, baby"

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After his ASU team beat Stanford this afternoon, Bobby Hurley at GCU Arena to support Holland Woods II on Senior Night. Woods played for Hurley at ASU last season and the two maintained a great relationship.

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An emotional Signing Day for Apollo RB Adam Mohammed, whose mother has been his rock since his father died when he was 8. He's graduating early with offensive linemen teammates Michael Watkins and Matthew Lado to get to Tucson in January at the University of Arizona

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3 years

Board votes against having winter sports season. Wow, it's over. No winter sports. AIA winter sports has been canceled by the Executive Board.

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4 years

AIA Executive Board approves the updated SMAC recommendations to return to play fall sports

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This is heart-breaking via @azcentral

Chandler swim coach Kerry Croswhite loses battle against COVID-19

Chandler swim coach Kerry Croswhite dies from COVID-19 complications

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3 years

Chandler district superintendent Camille Casteel gives the fifth yes vote to move forward to winter sports. That means 5-4 Executive Board votes for AIA sports to be back on starting Jan. 18. Wants the schools to have the option

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Desert Mountain WR/S Dylan Tapley, who signed last month with Arizona, says he's going to play for the Wildcats, despite Jeff Fisch leaving last week for Washington

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2 months

Yes, it's like being in Phoenix with this crowd for Grand Canyon

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6 years

How’s this for recruiting exposure? Was up for 15 seconds at Times Square on Saturday

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4 years

Gyms open tomorrow in AZ

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1 year

Why isn't Eric Bieniemy the next Cardinals head coach? He's got to be the best OC in the NFL

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5 years

Watch ASU go on a 21-0 run in final quarter

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Trey Lane will be leading Perry football onto the field this season. Inspiring story to come at AZ central

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6 years

Pinnacle QB Spencer Rattler less than 100 yards away from becoming first Arizona high school player to throw for more than 11,000 yards in a varsity career. He is at 10,917 all-time yards

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5 years

It’s Nebraska for Ty Robinson. “Look out Lincoln, you’re getting a beast,” Higley coach Eddy Zubey says

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4 years

Just stay masked, stay focused and stay disciplined to crush COVID so Friday night lights in AZ don't dim. Be on the defense

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1 year

You've got to be kidding. Ja'Kobi Lane makes the catch of the season. And Red Mountain leads Brophy 38-31 with 3:20 left

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7 years

Pinnacle junior QB Spencer Rattler now is possession of two 6A career state passing records: 8,640 yards, 88 TDs. Breaking ex-Horizon star Dalton Sneed's 8,377 yards, 87 TDs, from 2011-14

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5 years

Centennial is the Alabama of Arizona high school football

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3 years

If you let refs get in your head, you've already lost. Just make more shots, make more stops. Chris Paul will have huge game, bring it back to Phoenix.

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2 years

Congratulations to former Perry HS QB Brock Purdy making 49ers roster. Playmaker who will never get outworked. Always proved himself on the field

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6 years

UPDATE: Good news, cancer has not spread. "Doc said 2-3 months of chemo and then surgery and then another 2-3 months of chemo. He also said that I could probably play last game of season but definitely playoffs." via @azcentral

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6 years

Perry QB Brock Purdy wins Ed Doherty Award for best HS football player in 2017 season. Got emotional thanking his family during speech

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3 months

Outside Perry High School, home of San Francisco 49ers Brock Purdy

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4 years

Former Centennial, Stanford multi-sport athlete Zach Hoffpauir dies at 26 via @azcentral

Former Centennial, Stanford multi-sport athlete Zach Hoffpauir dies at 26

Zach Hoffpauir, one of the greatest athletes in Arizona high school history, died Thursday morning.

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2 years

I'm going to cover St. Mary's football playoff game tonight in honor of my brother Ed who was put in hospice care this week. Class of '68. Campus leader. Great coach. Ed Doherty loved him

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2 years

Big time win by Basha. Clutch defense and huge plays by QB Demond Williams. Basha shocks nationally ranked No.9 Chandler 14-7. Open Division in AZ taking a spin

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2 years

After unsportsmanlike called, Tim Tynan walks it off 40 yard FG. Basha wins 26-23

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5 years

5 hours , 35 minutes later, Horizon state champs in 16 innings

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7 years

HS athletes, remember, college coaches monitor your tweets. Stay humble. That will take you far

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9 years

Kentucky just offered Corona del Sol 6-11 freshman Marvin Bagley III. Wow!

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5 years

How they get pumped up before GCU basketball games

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9 years

Desert Mountain football players have fired coach Tony Tabor's back. This is what they dropped off at front office http://t.co/RtQzwJhKjc

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7 years

Saguaro safety KJ Jarrell chooses ASU

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2 years

AIA exploring girls flag football as an emerging sport next school year

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7 years

It's over. Down goes No.3 nationally ranked St Thomas Aquinas. Centennial AZ wins 12-0

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5 years

How good was Perry QB Chubba Purdy last night in maybe the longest game in Arizona HS football history, a 4 OT thriller over Red Mountain: 299 passing, 5 TDs; 110 rushing, 5 TDs, a 2-point conversion. The last time someone accounted for 10 TDs? D.J. Foster, Saguaro, 2011

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4 years

Best clutch QB in college football: Brock Purdy

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2 years

Hamilton football has postseason ban lifted by AIA board. Probation rescinded. On warning

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4 years

I have yet to talk to high school athlete who likes remote learning

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2 years

Congratulations to Kelee Ringo, pride of Saguaro High School. National champion!

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5 years

"When Jerome Joseph called a timeout, down 12 with 48 (seconds) left, and walked over to the Gilbert bench, I knew what he was doing. That was one of the classiest things I have seen in quite some time." -- Neil MacDonald via @azcentral

Managers Isaac and Marcus MacDonald score first career points in Gilbert basketball's memorable win

The MacDonald twins, managers since their sophomore year, each scored their first career points with Marcus' shot coming at the buzzer.

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7 years

There are only 2 unbeaten teams left in 6A -- Perry and Highland -- and they meet next Friday at Perry. The place to be

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6 years

How rare is this? 3 former Arizona high school quarterbacks were part of upset wins against nationally ranked teams - Iowa State's Brock Purdy (Perry), Virginia's Bryce Perkins (Chandler), Michigan State's Brian Lewerke (Pinnacle)

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5 months

Liberty QB Navi Bruzon locked in to play at ASU

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2 years

It's over. The streak ends. Hamilton ends Chandler's win streak at 45 games. 21-14 final

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6 years

Desert Vista's Alex DePriest helped others by donating organs via @azcentral

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Perry QB Chubba Purdy on the moment he knew it was Florida State

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1 year

Whoever is the next ASU football coach, keep Shaun Aguano as the OC. Great play caller

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3 years

On allowing 2 parents per athlete into games. AIA board votes unanimously to allow them into games. 9-0

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6 years

True freshman Brock Purdy currently tearing it up for Iowa State vs. nationally ranked Oklahoma State. Wow

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4 years

Counting it down: First official HS football practice in Arizona less than 10 days away. Who’s ready for helmets?

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9 years

My heart goes out to everybody impacted by Marcus Wheeler's decision. Hold someone. Love someone. There is always help. No dead ends.

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2 years

Happy for Shaun Aguano getting his first win as ASU football coach. Signature win, at that.

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5 years

GCU baseball coach Andy Stankiewicz signs 4-year contract extension via @azcentral

GCU baseball coach Andy Stankiewicz signs 4-year contract extension

Andy Stankiewicz, who has made big steps in moving Grand Canyon closer to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, was awarded this week.

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2 months

They did it. History. Grand Canyon 75, Saint Mary's 66. School's first NCAA tournament win

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4 years

Here comes that Arizona sun. Hope it blasts the virus to smithereens

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5 years

One of the most heart-wrenching things, watching Marcus Williams break down as Arcadia teammate Trey Brown talks about how Coach Kerry Taylor transformed him

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1 year

Wow!! The GCU pregame light show

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8 years

Good reason to grab a Republic this morning. Brophy valedictorian Josh Benjamin

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7 years

Today's paper

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6 years

Spencer Rattler rallies Pinnacle from 19-point, second-half deficit to beat Liberty via @azcentral

Spencer Rattler rallies Pinnacle from 19-point, second-half deficit to beat Liberty

Thanks to Spencer Rattler's second-half performances and defense coming through in the final seven minutes, there are no more undefeated teams in 6A

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5 years

Perry quarterback Chubba Purdy commits to Louisville Cardinals via @azcentral

Perry quarterback Chubba Purdy commits to Louisville Cardinals

With big offers coming early, quarterback Chubba Purdy took a drastically different route than his older brother Brock did with his recruiting.

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5 years

South Mountain HS running out of helmets for the freshman football players. Good and bad thing to have. Shows how far program has come since co-coaches and twins Mark and Marcus Carter arrived. But they're not turning anybody away. Over 100 players in program now.

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7 years

Centennial AZ goes from unranked to No.12 nationally by MaxPreps

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1 year

The AIA state basketball championships paid attendance figures (boys/girls combined on each: Open - 5,093 6A - 2,877 5A - 2,995 4A - 2,997 3A - 9,347 2A - 1,166 1A - 1,195

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7 years

GCU PG DeWayne Russell now has enough games to qualify for rankings. He is No.2 scorer in nation in NCAA D.I hoops at 26.7 a game

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4 years

Can't wait for the day to be able to write a high school sports story without putting in the words, 'Due to Covid..."

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1 year

I believe QB Brock Purdy will take advantage of his NFL moment. This is exactly how he always thrived. Doubters fueling him. Did it at Perry HS where he got no major offers until after his senior season. Did it at Iowa State. Now he'll do it with the 49ers.

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Brophy Prep hires Jason Jewell to be permanent head football coach via @azcentral

Brophy Prep hires Jason Jewell as head football coach

Jason Jewell, who has worked as an offensive line coach at Glendale Community and has done a football recruiting service, will be Brophy's coach

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2 years

Five players with Arizona high school or prep academy connections taken in the first round of NBA draft. Remarkable!!

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2 years

Chandler players do this in front of student section before every game. Fired up!!!

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6 years

Arizona High School Football Player of the Year 2017 nominees via @azcentral

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7 years

Rivals ranks Pinnacle QB Spencer Rattler the No.1 dual threat in the nation for 2019 class

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7 years

Alabama offers Chandler QB Jacob Conover after throwing for Nick Saban via @azcentral

Chandler QB Jacob Conover commits to BYU over ASU, will go on church mission

Chandler quarterback Jacob Conover announced Sunday he will college football at BYU.

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3 years

Chandler QB Mikey Keene consoles and offers words of encouragement to Hamilton QB Nicco Macchio after 23-21 Open title win

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3 years

My gut feeling is that the AIA Executive Board will overturn the vote and play the winter sports. Otherwise, why meet again?

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2 years

AZ Compass Prep 2023 PG Kylan Boswell picks Arizona Wildcats

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2 years

Congratulations to former Mountain Pointe HS safety Isaiah Pola-Mao on making the Raiders' 53-man roster. He was an undrafted free agent out of USC.

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4 years

Confirmed: Saguaro will be playing at Casteel tomorrow night at 7 in what becomes a big football Super 10-like game

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2 years

Hamilton QB Nicco Marchiol named Gatorade Arizona HS Football Player of the Year via @azcentral

Hamilton QB Nicco Marchiol named Gatorade Arizona HS Football Player of the Year

Nicco Marchiol, who led Chandler Hamilton to the Open Division semifinals, is the first Huskies player named Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year.

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6 years

Pinnacle's Spencer Rattler becomes first Arizona QB to win Elite 11 MVP at The Opening via @azcentral

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4 years

Whoever loses Open football playoffs games tonight, you're still champions for being part of history, something people won't soon forget, a format never seen before in Arizona

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8 years

What it looks like at Chandler on National Signing Day. Wow

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1 year

Basha junior QB Demond Williams Jr., commits to Ole Miss

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1 year

Mesa thinks it won ... but hold the phones

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8 years

This isn't Chandler Fashion Square. It's Hamilton High's food court. Nice

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5 years

Best student section in America at GCU?

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1 year

Hamilton has to have the biggest offensive line in the state

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3 years

An unbelievable, uncertain Arizona HS fall sports season is in the books. Through all of the trials and tribulations, the heightened anxiety, to finish during a pandemic that reached crazy new heights in the end, it's amazing. Never thought it would happen. You're all champions.

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