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West Valley Preps' top 10 recruits for the Class of …

8/8/2017
By Richard Smith West Valley Preps While the 2017 high school football season does not start until Aug. 18, the recruiting season for NCAA and NAIA football schools hardly slowed …

Football schools large, small have something to prove

8/1/2017
A blog by Richard Smith West Valley Preps Fans of local 6A, 3A and 2A teams may have wondered if they would be passed over in my football blog series. Fear no more. In the last of my …

Former Valley Vista baseball coaches team up at Joy …

7/25/2017
Richard Smith West Valley Preps Five years after he succeeded Klent Corley as the head baseball coach at Valley Vista, Mark Flatten is the newest assistant on Corley’s staff at small school …

Cord claims Boys Athlete of the Year vote

7/6/2017
Sunrise Mountain quarterback Chase Cord (10) runs for a 15-yard touchdown against Liberty on a quarterback keeper during the first half of their football game on Friday Sept. 9, 2016. (Ralph Freso …

Hip hop in Central African Republic brings hope in …

7/6/2017
In this photo taken Tuesday June 27, 2017, Lionel Fotot, wearing a brown leather jacket and white pants, poses for a photograph with other members of the One Force Hip Hop band in Bangui, Central …

The 2017 All West Valley Preps baseball team

6/9/2017
Sunrise Mountain's Kody Decker (#24) scores on a sacrifice fly by Trevor Pruitt (#11) in a 4A quarterfinal game against Marcos De Niza May 5 at Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria. (Jacob …

Northwest Christian clinches title in big 7th inning

5/13/2017
The Northwest Christian baseball team celebrates after their win against Safford in a 3A championship game May 13, at Surprise Stadium. (Jacob Stanek/West Valley Preps) Richard Smith West …

Second Davis shutout returns Crusaders to title game

5/12/2017
Northwest Christian's Tyler Worrell (20) slides into second with a stolen base as Sahuarita shortstop Rigo Leon fields the throw during the second inning of their 3A state baseball semifinal Friday. …

Complete game shutout propels Northwest Christian

5/5/2017
Northwest Christian's Logan Ripple (#6) grounds out in a 3A first round playoff game against Chino Valley May 5 at the Surprise Stadium Practice Fields. (Jacob Stanek/West Valley Preps) Richard …

PLAYOFF ACES: Joy Christian strikeout pitcher …

5/3/2017
Joy Christian's Anthony Quattrocchi joins his family on the field for Senior Night before their game against Scottsdale Preparatory Academy Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Joy Christian School in …