SPORTS
Millennium's Diego Aguirre-Stewart took up track last year. Now he's top state sprinter
Goodyear Millennium senior Diego Aguirre-Stewart never thought he would be at this moment as the state’s top sprinter. A year ago he was just getting his feet wet in the sport of track and field. Aguirre-Stewart comes from a family of football players. His two older brothers, Darius and Bryant, played football at...
Savannah Bananas baseball team playing in Mesa this week
PEORIA, AZ — The Savannah Bananas are back!. The team is known for its fun circus-like antics — and the internet goes crazy for them!. The Bananas say about themselves: "We are not your typical baseball team. We are different. We take chances. We toe the line. We test the rules. We challenge the way things are supposed to be."
Arizona high school baseball play-in roundup: Horizon rallies to reach 5A tourney
On the brink of elimination, Scottsdale Horizon scored three runs in the seventh to tie Gilbert Higley, then walked it off in the eighth on a sacrifice fly Wednesday to advance to the 5A state baseball tournament with a 6-5 win. The Huskies now face another elimination game Saturday as the No. 9...
April 22 is now 'Andretti Day' in Chandler. Racing icon Mario Andretti honored at track
Mario Andretti is one of the icons of motorsports. Only two drivers ever have won races in Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar and the World Sportscar Championship, and Andretti is one of them. While he was born in Italy and later immigrated to the United States, Andretti has deep ties to Arizona. Those ties...
Gilbert's Vance Nilsson breaks Arizona state record in 300-meter hurdles again
Vance Nilsson is operating on a different level right now. Just 12 days after he broke Phoenix Brophy Prep Bobby Grant’s Arizona state record in the 300-meter hurdles at the Hohokam Invitational, Nilsson re-broke his record in the event Wednesday night at the Northeast Valley Championships held at Scottsdale Horizon High School. Nilsson...
Former OU softball star Jocelyn Alo signs one-month contract with Savannah Bananas
Former OU softball star Jocelyn Alo signed a one-month contract with the Savannah Bananas, the team announced Friday. Alo, the NCAA career leader in home runs, will make her debut Friday night in Mesa, Arizona. ...
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