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All-Conference honors for Salpointe grad

Speed School athlete Allie Curtis, a right fielder for Central Michigan, was recently named Player of the Week for the Mid-American Conference. Her already-stellar play at the plate this season got a boost when she went on a three-game tear in which she finished with an impressive .636 batting average … Read More

24 Speed School athletes named Winter All-Stars

posted in: Basketball, News, Soccer

23 Speed School athletes were recently named All-Stars for their performance this last high school season on the soccer field or basketball court. They included: Basketball Brianna Pitre, Sabino – Arizona Daily Star 3rd-team State Cayla Samson, Sabino – Arizona Daily Star Honorable Mention Chance Strawderman, St. Augustine – AllSportsTucson 3rd-team Division Soccer Girls … Read More

Miron big in the middle for Salpointe

posted in: News, Volleyball

The Salpointe boys’ volleyball team was dominant in an early-season tournament earlier this month, defeating Tucson High in the final of the TUSD Invite to cap off a 6-0 run in the tournament. Crucial to their success was middle blocker Parker Miron, who came up big at the net in the … Read More

Gonzalez crucial at the plate in championship game

posted in: Baseball, News

Cienega topped Salpointe in a wild back-and-forth affair that was the championship game of the early-season Cowboy Up Classic, ultimately prevailing 10-9 thanks in large part to two triples from shortstop Nick Gonzalez. Full story…

Nutrition: The most important question?

posted in: Nutrition

I recently had the honor of speaking with some of our club teams we train on the topic of sports nutrition, and I shared with them my philosophy on nutrition: The simpler we can make our nutritional choices, the more likely we are to make successful choices. This is an area … Read More

SAVA 14 takes 1st in Phoenix

posted in: News, Volleyball

Speed School athlete Brandy Kishbaugh’s SAVA 14’s Black club team finished the recent Festival Fiesta with an unblemished record, going 9-0 to finish 1st out of 72 teams in the club division. Full story…

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