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AIA HS State Track & Field Championships: Storylines, analysis, predictions
It is the final week of the high school outdoor track and field season. Even after a record-breaking year in 2023 with seven total state records broken, this spring has managed to be nearly as historic with Gilbert senior Vance Nilsson chasing after a national high school record in the 300-meter hurdles and more state records falling. The Arizona Interscholastic Association is in the second year of the revamped format for the state championships, which brings together...
Lyndsey Fry is pushing to keep Arizona youth hockey moving forward following the Coyotes’ departure
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Audrey Ju met some of her best friends through hockey, knows someone at every rink she goes to and has become close with numerous families in the tight-knit community. The Arizona Coyotes’ move to Utah raised questions about the future. The Phoenix area teenager...
Eastmark HS distance runner Bryson Nielsen is just scratching the surface
It was in the fall of 2015 when Mike Roelofs, a physcial education teacher at Patterson Elementary School and the track and field coach at Mesa Skyline High School, first came across a young Bryson Nielsen. Roelofs had started a running club at the school, hoping to get kids involved in the sport at a young age. Nielsen was one of those kids who joined. ...
Phoenix teen weightlifter raising money to compete in nationals
A high school girl in Phoenix has overcome adversity to compete is weightlifting at a high level. Hanna Allen is now raising money so she can compete in nationals. Her head coach, Joshua Quezada, says he’s seen the difference in her physically and mentally since she joined the club three years ago.
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