The Marana Tigers have a new football coach, in 25-year-old Northern Arizona University Graduate Assistant Louie Ramirez.
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It was an unlikely twist on the evening of Saturday, April 14, as a cavalcade of maroon-clad fans poured into the airy entrance of the Tucson Arena.
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Kingman High School football coach Cam Wierson will not be the next man to lead the Marana Tigers football program.
The Marana Tigers slayed more than just their competition on Tuesday, they rectified a season of bad luck and broken dreams.
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Just because they’re number one doesn’t mean they can’t have fun, too.
Alfonso Rivas stepped up to the plate with the chance to rewrite the course of the University of Arizona’s baseball season.
(As of Monday, April 9)
The man they call “Kiko” stepped up to the plate on Thursday afternoon with a man on, and the chance to do some damage.
Zaylie Calderon lashed out at a belt-high fastball in the first inning of Mountain View’s 2-0 victory over Sahuaro on Tuesday.
Marana High School Director of Athletics Sarah Whaley was named the recipient of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Division 5A Sonoran Region AD of the Year last week.
The hits kept coming for the Marana Tigers on a toasty Friday afternoon in the shadows of the Tucson Mountains.
From Dorado to ‘Dirtbag’
Mountain View High School visited Ironwood Ridge High School last Thursday for girls tennis. Mountain View fell 3-5, with one match called for darkness.
Baseball:
Rider Martinez toed the rubber inside the cavernous enclave of Phoenix’s Chase Field, shaking off nerves and glee.
Boston’s Gourmet Pizza, Marana (5825 W. Arizona Pavilions Drive) is hosting an event this Thursday, March 29 to benefit Marana Tigers Baseball. Boston’s Pizza pledges to donate a portion of its food sales between 4 and 8 p.m. to the Marana Tigers Baseball Boosters.
Brayden Benavides stepped up to the plate in the seventh inning Thursday night with a chance to be the hero. The senior, who entered his final at-bat hitless in three plate appearances, lashed at a hanging curveball, lacing the pitch into the outfield for a single.
IRHS Boys Tennis
Conor Garland found himself in the right place at the right time midway through the opening period of last Tuesday’s showdown against the San Jose Barracuda.
There’s nothing like the blend of pageantry and pride that comes from hosting the NCAA Tournament.
Aspiring boys and girls’ soccer players are invited to attend a free clinic and meet the team event, hosted by the University of Arizona’s women’s soccer team at Naranja Park Field One this Saturday, 810 W. Naranja Drive.
Andy Litten’s tenure at Marana High School is coming to an end after an impressive six-year run that included consecutive region championships and the school’s first playoff win in 15 years.
Kyle Ivanoff grimaced as he watched one of his players pound a sinker up the middle for a routine groundout to finish off a 5-0 shutout loss against Catalina Foothills last week.
The specter of March Madness was on full display Thursday night, when an upstart cast from Upstate New York upended the college basketball hierarchy.
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The Arizona Wildcats’ season of discontent came to an abrupt end in Thursday’s first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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A pair of Oro Valley sisters are quickly making a name for themselves on the junior golfing circuit.
Let’s take a look at some of the movers and shakers from across the north side over the past week. Here’s a snapshot from across the region:
Andy Litten’s tenure at Marana High School is coming to an end after an impressive six-year run that included consecutive region championships and the school’s first playoff win in 15 years.
Nighthawks improve to 11-1
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A blur of green, white, red and blue jerseys whizz around the ice sheet at Tucson Arena at dizzying speed. The colorful cadre are members of the Tucson Roadrunners, who enter this Friday's two-game home stand against the Texas Stars two points ahead of San Diego for first place in the AHL's …
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An eight-person team of mirthful teens danced their way into the hearts of those in attendance at Tucson’s Sporting Chance Arena last month.
Allan Gillespie stares into the distance, far beyond blue-painted caged fence and orange-tinted mountains in the distance.
Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year, ladies and gents, when the glitz and glamour of commercialism and college athletics collide, in a jumbled free-for-all with pride and postseason dreams on the line.
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After six days of silence, University of Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller addressed allegations of impropriety deep inside the confines of McKale Center.
A day full of frustration and futility turned on a dime during the sixth inning of Canyon del Oro High School’s home opener against longtime rival Sahuaro last Tuesday. The game’s tide shifted with one out in the fifth inning, with the Dorados staring down a 1-0 deficit to the visiting Cougars.
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A crescendo of noise greeted Sean Miller as he walked onto the stained hardwood at McKale Center on Thursday night.
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University of Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller addressed the media for the first time since last Friday's explosive ESPN article which claimed that the ninth-year coach discussed a $100,000 payment to now-freshman center Deandre Ayton.
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Two heavyweight programs traded figurative punches on the sunken baseball diamond of Tucson's Cherry Field on a cold Wednesday evening.
A small group of administrators, parents and community members huddled together on a patch of sand to usher in a new era for Amphitheater School District’s three high schools.
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A day full of frustration and futility turned on a dime during the sixth inning of Canyon del Oro High School's home opener against longtime rival Sahuaro on Tuesday.
David Martinez looks out to the navy-blue outfield wall plastered with the names of players that have come and gone; those who’ve left an indelible mark on the Ironwood Ridge High School softball program.
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A battered Arizona men’s basketball program took another hit last Friday when a bombshell report broke.
Phoenix’s Sandra Day O’Connor High School was a thorn in the side of softball teams from across the northwest side of Tucson over the weekend.
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We've reached the pinnacle of the college basketball season, when rivals square off with NCAA Tournament bids and pride on the line.
A collective of athletes stretched out across the manicured grass at Canyon Del Oro High School on a toasty Friday afternoon.
It was a long night for members of the Pusch Ridge Christian Academy girls basketball team last Friday. The seventh-seeded Lions, playing 10th seed Sabino High School in the second round of the Division 3A state playoffs, got hammered early and often by a blitzing Sabercats’ offense—trailing…
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In the New Testament, there were four horsemen of the apocalypse. On Saturday night, the Salpointe Catholic Lancers only needed two.
Sam Beskind launched every ounce of his six-foot-two-inch frame skyward, soaring through the fluorescent-lit hall of Catalina Foothill’s gymnasium, before throwing down a thunderous dunk.
It’s been nearly nine months since the Arizona Wildcats’ unceremonious conclusion to a once-promising baseball season.
It was a banner year for the Mountain View wrestling program, which placed fifth overall in the AIA Division 5A State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 10.
