High School Football

Channing Trotter, Ex-UNLV Running Back, Caught With Weed, Heroin, and Gun, Cops Say

Channing Trotter, a former running back at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was pulled over in Mesa yesterday after leaving what police describe as a "known drug house."According to court documents obtained by New Times, Trotter was arrested for the second time this year after police found mariju ... More >>

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Strung Out and The Ataris at Nile Theater, 8/5/12 (VIDEO)

See also: Strung Out's Jason Cruz: Twisted in a Suburban Teenage Wasteland See also: Strung Out at Clubhouse Music Venue, 1/28/12 (VIDEO) See also: Ataris' Kris Roe Explains the Meaning Behind His Arizona Tattoo, Classic Phoenix Venues, and Warped Tour See also: The Ataris at Yucca Tap Room, 3/16/12 ... More >>

The Ataris at Yucca Tap Room, 3/16/12

The Ataris Yucca Tap Room Friday, March 16, 2012 Kris Roe's had a few near death experiences in Arizona, but he now calls the state home. The rest of the band relocated to Tempe in July and played its first official "local" show last night. Kris Roe has played a couple solo shows here and there, we ... More >>

Cops: Security Guard Stole Cash From High School; Hid Evidence in Bible

​Kimmie Dwayne Baker apparently is a religious man. Well, at the very least, he owns a Bible -- in which he allegedly stashed evidence from a burglary he'd committed at Tempe High School where he works.According to the Tempe Police Department, Baker was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing mo ... More >>

Cherish Arroyo Had Sex With Son's 16-Year-Old Football Teammate Because She Was "Lonesome"

MCSOCherish Arroyo is accused of having sex with one of her son's 16-year-old football teammates.​Litchfield Park resident Cherish Arroyo, 35, was arrested yesterday after police say she had sex with a 16-year-old boy. The boy, it turns out, is a teammate of Arroyo's son on the Copper Canyon High ... More >>

Knocked Out: For Kids, Concussions Can Be Worse Than for Adults

Jesse Parker, Legendary Local High-School Football Coach, Named to National Hall of Fame

We won't ever forget Jesse Parker, one of Arizona's greatest all-time high-school football coaches, with whom we spent a memorable season a long time ago for a pre-Internet story called "Tough Coach."Coach Jesse Parker--a very tough guy​The year was 1988, and Parker's Mesa Mountain View Toros were ... More >>

Max Hall to Start as Quarterback for Arizona Cardinals Against New Orleans Saints Sunday

Rookie QB Max Hall.​Can Arizona Cardinals quarterback Max Hall be the solution to the team's quarterback quandary? Probably not, but it seems as though he's gonna have the chance.The Arizona Republic is reporting that "sources" close to the team say Hall will make the start Sunday against the New ... More >>

The Ataris, "San Dimas High School Football Rules" (Live Acoustic)

​Song: The Ataris, "San Dimas High School Football Rules" (Live Acoustic)Context: The Ataris play Mesa's Underground tonight. The Ataris - San Dimas High School Football Rules Live Acoustic by goodtunes

Hot Links: Elderly Woman Busted, Mesa Sued, and Food Tax

​A 94-year-old Mexican woman was arrested at the border near Nogales for allegedly trying to smuggle almost 11 pounds of marijuana into Arizona. According to authorities, the woman said she was crossing the border for a day of shopping, but agents became suspicious and found bundles of pot taped f ... More >>

School of Hard Knocks: Three-Sport Gamer Mike Nixon’s Tried It All, But Can the Whip-Smart ASU Defensive Star Make It to the NFL?

Legendary High School Football Coach Jesse Parker Honored at Mesa Get-Together

We spent an abundance of time last week around the local high school football scene. First, of course, was the publication of "Friday Night Frights" (still on the newstands for a few more days, and available here for a lot longer than that), about the trials and tribulations of  ... More >>

Cesar Chavez High Football Coach Jim Rattay In Trouble For Umpteenth Time--But He's A "Winner"

 Last Friday morning, Channel 3 went to Cesar Chavez High School out in Laveen to air bits of an indoor pep rally for the school's fine football team. ​The on-air talent handed her microphone to head Coach Jim Rattay, who tried his best (keep your day job as long as they let you, co ... More >>

Blue Skies Revisited

Ataris frontman performs classic disc live

Bill Konigsberg

Bill Konigsberg

Arizona Rattlers Host the Utah Blaze

Hell of a Catch

A football movie that scores

Best Place To Grub A Hub

Hub-Cap City

Ode to Coach Busken

Bernie Busken may have gone too far in toughening his players. More likely, the world around him no longer goes far enough.

Comeback of the 800-Pound Gorilla

When you've broken the world bench-press record nine times over, you can impress anybody with your strength. Except, perhaps, yourself.

Flashes 12-09-99

Mean Season

A once-powerful Arizona Boys Ranch football team struggles to find its way into the end zone

I Totally Object

Arizona's high-stakes high school mock-trial program teaches kids the basics of jurisprudence--including how to recruit a ringer

Old-School Ways

Carver High alumni preserve the Valley's African-American history

Pic Hits for the week

LOSING ISN'T EVERYTHING THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT CARL HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL MAY NOT WIN GAMES, BUT ITS PLAYERS ARE STILL CHAMPIONS

BIRTH OF A TEAM LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH KARL KIEFER STARTS ANOTHER WINNING TRADITION