May 18, 2005

When Higley Elementary and Middle School starts classes in the fall, it will be the first time in 25 years that Carolyn Fairall won’t be there.

They are two of the top high school triple jumpers in the country. They're both juniors, their schools are about a dozen miles apart and they got started in the event at the same time - in the same club!

On numerous occasions this season, Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds said quarterback coach Matt Young as a student of the game and how it was like having another coach on the field.

Arizona coach Lute Olson named Kevin O’Neill on Tuesday to replace longtime aide Jim Rosborough, who has rejected an offer to move elsewhere in the athletic department.

Longtime Tribune sports writer Bob Moran, 55, died at his Chandler home Tuesday after a 3½-year battle with stomach cancer.

Looking more like two teams that belonged in a state title game than a 10th seed hosting a 15th seed, Phoenix St. Mary's outlasted three-time defending state champion Mesa Mountain View, 72-61, in the quarterfinals of the 5A-I state basketball tournament before a packed house at St. Mary's on Saturday.

Posted on marquees throughout the Gilbert Unified School District and proclaimed Tuesday by the governing board: June 23-30, 2008 is Paul Huston Week.

Chandler Unified School District administrators, board members, friends and family gathered Tuesday morning to remember Mike Desper, a longtime girls basketball coach and district administrator.

It’s the end of an era at Chaparral High School. Ron Estabrook, the man who helped resurrect a dormant football program and led the Firebirds to 4A state titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002, has retired after 13 years as a coach.

High school coaching can be a thankless job with long hours, low pay and a thousand little tasks having nothing to do with actual coaching.

The Cardinals and new coach Dennis Green had been granted permission to talk to Baltimore offensive line coach and former Arizona State offensive coordinator Jim Colletto about Arizona’s offensive coordinator job, but Colletto said Green cancelled the interview late last week because Green “wanted to go in a different direction.”

The Suns hired longtime NBA coach Alvin Gentry as an assistant Tuesday. Gentry joins Marc Iavaroni and Phil Weber on a staff that had not added a coach since Mike D'Antoni was promoted to head coach following the firing of Frank Johnson.

Arizona Rattlers coach Todd Shell was found by police early Tuesday with a powdery substance Shell said was cocaine, Mesa authorities said.

Arizona Rattlers coach Todd Shell was found by police early Tuesday with a powdery substance Shell said was cocaine, Mesa authorities said.

Zane Zamenski will return as Corona del Sol's football coach and physical education teacher next week.

Two football coaching changes have already taken place at the varsity level in the Gilbert school district for next year.

Fountain Hills High School’s search for a new boys basketball coach finally came to an end Wednesday when the Falcons hired longtime club coach Steve Tooker.

Fountain Hills High School’s search for a new boys basketball coach finally came to an end Wednesday when the Falcons hired longtime club coach Steve Tooker.

The coach that did his best to disrupt Brophy and snare a swim title away from the school in recent years will now guide the Broncos’ swim program.

The coach that did his best to disrupt Brophy and snare a swim title away from the school in recent years will now guide the Broncos’ swim program.

May 24, 2005

For those pushing for Tom Chambers, Eddie Johnson, Dan Majerle or Vinny Del Negro to be the next coach of the Suns, their horses didn't make it through day one of the Suns' first full-fledged search in decades.