Girls Basketball
- Valley Vista’s pressure too much for Goldwater
- Monsoon build 23-point lead, hold on for 6-point win
- Michael Melissa
- Barry Goldwater was known for his conservative politics in the 1960s.
On the basketball court, Valley Vista is anything but conservative.
The Monsoon’s 5A-II girl basketball squad showed why Tuesday night, as it run-and-gun... Full story
- Panthers fight through slow start for win
- Michael Melissa
- Peoria girls basketball coach Leslie Saulsby didn’t want to play scrooge this season and make his squad come in for practice during Christmas break.
Instead, he let his team enjoy their remaining days of winter break away from the basketball... Full story
- Deer Valley girls lock down defending champs in first-round win
- Richard Smith
- Deer Valley entered the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's 5A-II first-round game against defending champion Phoenix South Mountain leading 39-37.
The Skyhawks defense clamped down of the Jaguars' shooters on the wings and crowded South's post... Full story
- Rare three-pointer propels Peoria girls to overtime win at Cactus
- Richard Smith
- Peoria junior guard Jazmin Quinones could not have picked a better time to take and make her first three-point shot of the season.
She took the inbound pass with 6.6 seconds left and the Panthers trailing arch rival Cactus 60-57. Quinones drove up... Full story
- ON THE PROWL
- Peoria Panthers stalk elusive region title
- Marc Buckhout
- Its been a dream season for Alannah Begay.
One of three seniors on the Peoria girls basketball team, Begay, the only four-year varsity player, remembers when she and her Panthers teammates won seven games all season as a freshman.... Full story
- Sunrise earns comeback win over Ironwood
- Marc Buckhout
- If the Arizona Power Ratings System means anything, the Desert West Region will play a prominent role in determining this year’s state champion.
As of Wednesday’s 5A Div-II rankings, five of the region’s six teams would play host... Full story
- Area squads square off in Coyote Classic
- Marc Buckhout
- Young teams are often inconsistent.
Just ask Ironwood girls basketball coach Robert Contrata.
“When you look at it from where we were at the start of the year to now you see we’ve come leaps and bounds, but I guess I want them to want... Full story
