Arizona High School Football News

With three regular season games remaining, the Arizona Wildcats have a chance to make this the most memorable season in school history.

SPOTLIGHT GAME: Unbeaten Phoenix Mountain's remarkable season remained intact on Davon Jones' 2-point conversion run in overtime, eliminating Chandler Basha 22-21 in a Class 5A Division I quarterfinal.

Chandler Hamilton's offense has been downright unstoppable for most of the 2009 season.

The Vikings have won eight of nine regular-season games, but they can play better, Brad Childress says.

TEMPE a ' If there's one constant to Richard Sanchez's Sunnyside football teams, it's the mentality to never give up.

Glendale Cactus found a pretty simple and successful formula for victory Friday: Every time you touch the ball, score.

Palo Verde proved a point on Friday night and now it is only one win from advancing to the 4A-II state championship game.

In the expected classic battle between Sabino's running attack and Cave Creek Cactus Shadows' passing attack, it was the runner with the target on his back that stuck the dagger into Cactus Shadows' brilliant season.

Size, it turns out, doesn't always matter along the line of scrimmage. Cienega entered the second round of the Class 4A, Division I state playoffs, supposedly undersized up front compared to its opponent, the No.

Ka'Deem Carey of top-seeded Canyon del Oro chalked up another reason why he might be the best running back in Southern Arizona.

A lot of good football has been played by Scottsdale high schools over the years, but not much of it by Desert Mountain.

Now that the first-round cupcakes are gone, it's time to get into the meat of the big-school playoff brackets.

Mike Nixon walks through the front door of his Tempe home and drops a maroon-and-gold Arizona State University gym bag to the tile floor.

TEMPE a ' Ty Abbott made a floater in the lane with 21.7 seconds remaining, and Eric Boateng set career highs with 21 points and 12 rebounds to send Arizona State to the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament with a 52-49 victory over TCU on Tuesday night.

Week after week, loss after loss, Sun Devil fans are becoming less interested in our football program.A Even though the Pac-10 is still wide open the Devils could still possibly be bowl eligible if they follow a four-game losing streak with two straight wins.

The most impressive aspect of the Lakeside Blue Ridge football team can not be found in statistics.

Show Low cashed in on a couple of first-half breaks, including its quarterback catching his own touchdown pass, and held on to beat Winslow 35-28 Saturday night at Campo Verde High.

Ty Blunt could have kicked himself after his point-after touchdown sailed wide of the goal posts after Fountain Hills scored and tied Snowflake 20-20 with 1:27 left.

The Apache Junction Prospectors didn't get the result they wanted, but they sure put up a good fight without standout defensive lineman Cy Maughmer, the team's best player, who was out for the postseason with a partially torn ACL suffered in the season finale.Glendale independence got its first-ever postseason victory Friday, beating No.

No. 90 Devin Martinez and No. 52 Lance Helsel pursue the ball carrier. The hard impact by Helsel popped the ball out, but it was ruled down and not a fumble during the game against Catalina Friday night at the Cave.