Life is all about change and adapting to change, even if we don’t ask for it or plan it ourselves. Frank Williams certainly never planned or asked for the kind of change he experienced on March 6, 1986, but he has adapted and even thrived on it.

Aaron Hill, who competed at Williams Field and is currently at Grand Canyon University, fell just a 1/2-inch shy of earning a spot on the U.S. team for the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, placing third on Friday at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Rose Williams can't understand why her family keeps telling her to slow down, take a break, get the rest her 94-year-old body has earned.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Sarah Stevens capped her remarkable career with a second-place finish in the women’s discus, Charonda Williams took second in the 200 meters and Ryan Whiting placed second in the men’s discus to lead the Arizona State track and field teams to top-10 team finishes Saturday in the final day of action at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

In a bit of a surprise, albeit a pleasant one, Arizona State’s Jasmine Chaney earned a spot on the United States team that will compete in the IAAF World Track Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

Former Arizona Game and Fish commissioner W. Hays Gilstrap, an instrumental figure in establishing Arizona's Scholastic Clay Target Program, was recently inducted into the National Sporting Clays Association Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions to youth shooting sports programs.

PARIS - Andre Agassi has this Grand Slam thing down pat.

In 1980 William Clay, the president of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers union (PATCO) told their convention that they must “learn the rules of the game,” which were “that you don’t put the interest of any other group ahead of your own.” They must be “selfish and pragmatic” and emphasize that “what’s good for the federal employees (is) good for the nation.”

In a battle of top Division I teams, Red Mountain beat host-Gilbert, 12-5, in a Division I Section II game on Tuesday.

Retired Air Force Colonel and former Arizona State University Vice Provost Terry Isaacson will discuss his latest novel, “The Coronado Illusions,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe.

September 27, 2004

Arizona Olympian Gymnastics put on a clinic last month at the Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships in Schaumburg, Ill.

Cheetah (chét-ah) — a swift animal; Arizona Cheetahs — some of the fastest athletes in the state and possibly the nation. The Chandler-based track club returned from the United States Amateur Track and Field regional meet in El Paso, Texas, with berths in 45 events at the upcoming national meet.

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2008 Black Canyon Region Baseball

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