Is it high school football season yet? Nope. Not when the Valley temperatures are what we’ve seen this week. Sure late August is warm but if we can keep the…
Zone Read: Summer Heating Up
The 2016-17 high school year has been quite a ride. Spring practices around the state have concluded but don’t fret football fans, there are plenty of passing leagues and big…
Off the field Ben Fox is usually the first to crack a joke or poke fun at himself but between the lines when the whistle blows, the massive 6-foot-6, 290-pound…
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…
Off the fields and courts it’s been a busy week with differing opinions on the AIA’s approved high school year-round practice schedule for all sports beginning this summer, so I…
Spencer Rattler quietly sits on a plastic chair inside the Pinnacle High School gym. His left leg, sporting a black walking boot starting just below his knee, is stretched out as…
A Happy Holidays and early Merry Christmas to all the people who take the time to read my work every week. The feedback I’ve gotten (for the most part) since…
The calendar shifting to November coincides with the start of the high school football playoffs where elite players around Arizona seem to elevate their games in the quest for a…
Hard to believe the season is half over for some high school teams here in Arizona, isn’t it? As regional play heats up this week, here are some things which…
Coming off their big win last week over Basha, talented sophomore quarterback Spencer Rattler and the Pinnacle Pioneers (1-1) head to the east Valley for another marquee match-up at Chandler…