With high school baseball throwing out first pitches last week, the Glendale/Peoria Today sent a list of questions to local coaches. Below are their thoughts on the upcoming season.
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Though the best year in Cactus baseball history ended in the worst possible way, Cobras players and coaches managed to maintain their perspective on the 2009 season.
"The coaches and the players talked about what a close-knit group this is after... Full story
By the narrowest of margins, Deer Valley is the last Northwest Valley team standing in the 5A-II playoffs.
The Skyhawks survived a late charge by Yuma Kofa (20-12) to win Tuesday night's elimination game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Deer Valley... Full story
Though Centennial's baseball season ended two innings early, the 2009 Coyotes will be remembered as the team of the decade at the Peoria school.
In Tuesday's 5A-II elimination game, Centennial ran into a loaded Phoenix Pinnacle team still smarting... Full story
Sunrise Mountain was hit hard Thursday by two things, Yuma Kofa's lineup and baseball's law of averages.
After ripping off six straight wins, including a first round victory against North, the Mustangs' season ended with back-to-back losses in the... Full story
Centennial's vaunted lineup did not stop hitting in its previous four games — three losses to region rivals and a close victory over unfancied Avondale Westview. But something was missing.
The Coyotes had lost the swagger and nonchalance that... Full story
The first varsity matchup of Cactus and Liberty on a baseball diamond did not go according to form.
Sure, the 4A-I title contending Cobras brought their trademark pitching and defense. For six innings, however, they were matched by the promising... Full story
Facing an offensive onslaught by Scottsdale Desert Mountain, a region rival and the No. 1 team in the 5A-I power rankings, Mountain Ridge could have folded.
Instead, the Mountain Lions used their own balanced lineup to stage two spirited comebacks... Full story
With first place in the Northwest Region on the line Wednesday, Deer Valley and Willow Canyon engaged in a first-rate pitcher's duel.The home standing Skyhawks broke the scoreless deadlock in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to a defensive... Full story
In this breakthrough season for Centennial baseball, Todd Orta erased any lingering doubts of the Coyotes legitimacy.The senior's seventh-inning grand slam provided the punctuation on Centennial's 11-6 victory against longtime tormentor and rival... Full story
Willow Canyon ace Taylor Erwin gave stability to the Wildcats Friday in the face of a minor gale and an inspired young rival.
In five innings of work the junior, for the most part, silenced Valley Vista's offense. His control saved Willow Canyon... Full story
