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For a high school hero, a return to the place he still can call home

In fall 2011, Andrus Peat dressed in Corona del Sol’s orange, yellow and black every Friday night as a member of the Aztec football team. Four years later, he returned to the Valley from his new NFL home to play football, this time sporting black, white and gold—the colors of the New Orleans Saints.

For Marcos, an early season loss is vindicated

Marcos de Niza's Padres varsity football time, which lost its first game of the 2015-16 season 24-12 to Mountain Pointe, took its vengeance out on neighboring McClintock High School a week later with a dominating 49-7 win.

Area Little League executive joins a growing call for head protection

As you read this, you'll probably blink at least once. While you were blinking, a 95-mph fastball has traveled 48 feet from the mound to home plate.

Teams fine-tuning strategies for approaching football opportunities

Watch for the Aztecs to play with more purpose, passion and pride this season, according to head coach Cory Nenaber.

Warm-ups already underway for high school cross country season

If you drive around Tempe next week around 3 p.m. you will most likely see a multitude of high school cross country runners running the sidewalks around Corona, Marcos, McClintock and Tempe high schools readying for the first main cross country the first part of September.

Basketball news abounds despite seasonal lull: Bagley, Barcello under recruiting microscope

It doesn’t matter if the high schools are out for summer when it comes to Corona’s boys basketball program. The Aztecs have two dominant players who seem to be in the news almost weekly.

Lady Aztec softball winds up with renewed hopes for Top 10 berth

The Lady Aztecs, 21-13 overall, may have started the program’s comeback to Top-10 status this season when it was learned that 12 of the 14 Corona softball players who helped the Aztecs...

Aztecs emerge victorious in elite Basha Relays

By Alex Zener Corona’s boys and girls track and field teams took first place at the Basha Relays, with the boys compiling 75 points and defeating Highland, which was second, with 69 points. The girls team...
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