SAN TAN VALLEY — The battle for San Tan Valley added another chapter in its history Friday night, this time on the basketball court as the Combs Coyotes hosted their cross-town rival Poston Butte. Both teams battled hard, exchanging leads and playing a tough, gritty style, but it was the Bro…

SAN TAN VALLEY — The Battle of Gantzel between Poston Butte and Combs has certainly lived up to its name when it comes to girls basketball; and in the latest installment on Friday night, the Broncos walked away with the 60-54 win — but they had to go into overtime to get it.

QUEEN CREEK - As the saying goes: to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.

QUEEN CREEk - Sure, it takes four whole quarters to win a basketball game. But on Monday night in Queen Creek, the Thatcher Eagles capitalized on some early mistakes by the American Leadership Academy-Ironwood Warriors and cruised to 67-41 victory.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Along with the new year comes the start to the second half of the season in high school winter sports, which usually entails the start of regional play.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Combs coach Ben Johnson’s voice echoed throughout the gym as he tried to amp up his team midway through the second quarter, as the Coyotes trailed Phoenix Cortez by 15 points on Thursday night.

SAN TAN VALLEY - For nearly a decade, athletes have suited up in helmets and pads for the Combs Coyotes and throughout that time the football program has seen four individuals at the helm.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Under brisk and windy conditions, the Poston Butte Broncos played their first home game of the season on Tuesday night, where they fell to the reigning 4A Conference state runners-up 7-0.

SAN TAN VALLEY — It’s only been a little over a decade since Poston Butte first opened its doors.

QUEEN CREEK -- Despite the success the American Leadership Academy-Ironwood boys soccer team had in its first four seasons of existence, a quick Google search revealed little information about the program. To second-year head coach Joe Bouchelle, it surprises him that they have flown under t…

SAN TAN VALLEY — After a late, game winning touchdown in their first round playoff game against Phoenix Northwest Christian, the Broncos steamrolled the Prescott Badgers and Glendale Cardinals to advance to the first state championship game appearance in school history.

SAN TAN VALLEY — In her fourth season since taking over the Poston Butte girls basketball team, Savannah Bix has managed to establish a culture for a program that has shown gradual improvements every year.

SAN TAN VALLEY — For the first time in school history, the Poston Butte Broncos will compete in a state championship game.

SAN TAN VALLEY — After a shortened 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Tan Foothills boys basketball team is back on the court, and hopefully, trying to get back to their previous winning ways.

SAN TAN VALLEY - In the past year, two Poston Butte teams have found a lot of success on the field.

SAN TAN VALLEY — After a dominant 49-7 blowout of the Prescott Badgers last Friday, the Poston Butte Broncos are one step closer to reaching the 4A Conference State Championship game, and competing for their first ever state title. However, the Broncos will face one of their biggest challeng…

SAN TAN VALLEY — After it took a last minute touchdown to beat No. 16 seed Phoenix Northwest Christian to advance to the quarterfinals last week, the No. 1 seed Poston Butte Broncos put all the questions and worries about themselves to bed, after getting out to a 35-0 lead in the first half …

SAN TAN VALLEY — After a wild game that saw the Poston Butte Broncos’ playoff hopes almost collapse in front of them last week, the Broncos are hoping for a more well-rounded performance in their quarterfinal match up against the Prescott Badgers.

SAN TAN VALLEY — It’s been a similar path for Emma Kerr and Katelyn Westover when it comes to their softball journey.

SAN TAN VALLEY — As time ran out on the scoreboard, Justin Evans might have been a yard short. But then he felt it, the relentless push of his teammates who collectively decided they weren’t going to be upset on Friday, that their season wasn’t over. And when the chaos cleared, Evans had sco…

SAN TAN VALLEY — This is the second straight year that the Poston Butte football team capped off a perfect 4-0 run in the Black Canyon Region.

APACHE JUNCTION - With their eyes set on the 4A conference playoffs, the Apache Junction Prospectors looked to build some momentum in their final game of the regular season.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Combs easily cruised past a young winless Tempe team 55-6 Friday night, and it wasn’t only a few hot shots hogging the spotlight.

SAN TAN VALLEY — The Poston Butte Broncos are coming off of an impressive season where they went undefeated in region play at 10-0. That success was due largely because of the play from Nina Bongiovanni. The Broncos' senior led the team with 157 kills on the year, while adding 56 serving ace…

SAN TAN VALLEY — With the 4A Black Canyon Region lead firmly in grasp for Poston Butte, the Broncos took care of business Friday against crosstown rival Combs, cruising to a 28-6 win on the road.

SAN TAN VALLEY — The Poston Butte Broncos have had an up and down season. The team started their first ten match stretch 2-10, but caught fire late in the season, going 7-3 in their last 10 matches of the season.

SAN TAN VALLEY — For the first time in two seasons, Apache Junction and Combs met up for the Battle of Ironwood and it was the Prospectors who came out on top, 46-34.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Riding the momentum from their 56-37 win over region rival Apache Junction, the Poston Butte Broncos didn’t take their foot off the gas.

PHOENIX — After a tough loss to perhaps the best team in 4A, the Poston Butte Broncos flipped the script against struggling Phoenix Northwest Christian with a 35-0 shutout. But as Broncos head coach Dain Thompson will tell you, no win (let alone a shutout) against a 4A opponent is an easy one. 



SAN TAN VALLEY - Cross-conference matchups are full of opportunity. They give the lower-tiered team a chance to prove that attendance numbers tell only part of the story and challenge the higher-tiered team to prove they are the bigger dog.