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Five athletes sign national letters-of-intent

Five Speed School athletes representing four sports and three Tucson-area schools were among the many recent collegiate signings among high school seniors. These included:   Austin Goddard, Ironwood Ridge – Black Hills State (football) Dalton Pakkala, Ironwood Ridge – Hamline University (football) Alex Skidmore, Catalina Foothills – Lousiana-Monroe (soccer) Kirtana … Read More

21 Speed School athletes honored as Winter All-Stars

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A total of 21 Speed School athletes were recognized for their strong performances in the 2014-15 Winter season, headlined by Salpointe keeper Taylor Anderson and Empire’s Deion James, each of whom earned Player of the Year recognition for their respective sports. Anderson, who was named AllSportsTucson’s co-Player of the Year for … Read More

Five memorable winter performances

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Speed School athlete Deion James was recently listed by the Arizona Daily Star as having turned in one of the top five performances of the winter sports season. His offensive explosion led his Empire team to a near-upset of heavily favored Cienega in the last game of the regular season. See the … Read More

National Signing Day; 7 Speed School athletes commit

With National Signing Day having come and gone, seven Speed School athletes have signed national letters of intent to continue at the collegiate level, with more certain to come. These include: Brianna Pitre, basketball (Sabino) – Texas Pan-American Marcus Edwards, football (Sabino) – Naval Academy Seth Doser, football (Buena) – Mesa … Read More

Record for James and near-upset for Empire

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Empire was led by senior Deion James’ 31 points in a near-upset of neighboring Cienega in the boys’ basketball playoffs, ultimately falling 66-63. The 31 points scored by James give him 1,650 for his career, an Empire school record. See Andy Morales’ fantastic full game recap…

15 Athletes and Coaches to watch in 2015

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Three Speed School athletes made the Arizona Daily Star’s list of players to watch in this upcoming wear: Sabino point guard Brianna Pitre along with tennis stars Yash Parikh (Salpointe) and Kirtana Bhat (Foothills). Both Parikh and Bhat are expected to be the players to beat for the individual boys and girls … Read More

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